The World Bank’s Disaster Resilience Analytics and Solutions Team, known as D-RAS has prepared a GRADE note GRADE meaning Global Rapid post-disaster Damage Estimation.
This note gives an assessment as to what assets are at risk as well as provide a preliminary analysis of the direct damages to these assets.
Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Gonsalves relayed the note while on radio earlier this morning and noted that these were preliminary numbers.
The total built assets at risk in the red and orange zones amount to US $387.5 Million.
In the red zone alone the replacement value of residential buildings estimated by the World Bank’s team is US $64 Million, The non-residential buildings at US $106 Million and infrastructure came in at US $83 Million.
The note also addressed areas with high risk of pyroclastic flows, mudflows and surges, with capital stock at risk estimated to be US $188 Million.
The World Bank’s team’s preliminary analysis suggests that direct damage from the eruption for the buildings, infrastructure, agriculture and forestry will be over US $100 million.
