A hurricane in early September, 1930 left 90% of Santo Domingo’s population homeless.
04 Sep 1930, 1 – The Pomona Progress Bulletin at Newspapers.com
“Large hurricanes struck Santo Domingo in 1508, 1509, and 1526, Puerto Rico in 1508, 1514, 1515, and 1526, and Cuba in 1503, 1519, 1525, and 1527.”
Hurricanes and the Shaping of Circum-Caribbean Societies on JSTOR
