MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006 Apr 21;55(15):429-31.
On October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma, the most intense hurricane (882 mb) ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, made landfall on the southern tip of Florida. By landfall, Wilma had been downgraded from a Category 5 (i.e., winds of > or =156 mph) to a Category 3 hurricane but still contained winds of >110 mph. The storm moved slowly over the Florida Keys and south Florida, causing extensive wind and flood damage to homes and businesses. Approximately 3 million households were left without power, and thousands of residents were displaced to temporary shelters; 10 deaths were storm related. On October 27, the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) asked CDC and the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NCDPH) for assistance in performing a rapid needs assessment of communities most affected by the storm. On the basis of information from local public health officials, field assessment teams, and electric power companies, FDOH identified Hendry County, a rural county with a 2000 population of 36,210, as the most severely affected area. Two Hendry County communities, Montura Ranch Estates and Pioneer Plantation in the town of Clewiston (pop. 6,460), were of particular concern. According to the 2000 census, nearly 20% of Clewiston residents lived below the poverty level. The assessment determined that approximately one third of households also had been affected by at least one other hurricane that preceded Wilma during 2004 and 2005. More than half of the households surveyed lived in homes that were damaged but still habitable, and 10% of households in Montura Ranch Estates reported their homes as uninhabitable; approximately 73% of households had not received information about how to remain safe during clean-up activities. Results of the assessment were immediately provided to the Hendry County Emergency Operations Center, Hendry County Health Department, and FDOH for allocation of resources to help these communities recover from the hurricane.
2005年10月24日，飓风威尔玛在佛罗里达州南端登陆，它是大西洋盆地有记录以来最强的飓风（882毫巴）。到登陆时，威尔玛已从五级飓风（即风速≥156英里/小时）降级为三级飓风，但风速仍超过110英里/小时。风暴缓慢地经过佛罗里达群岛和南佛罗里达州，给家庭和企业造成了广泛的风灾和洪灾损失。大约300万户家庭断电，数千居民被迫转移到临时避难所；有10人因风暴丧生。10月27日，佛罗里达州卫生部（FDOH）请求疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）和北卡罗来纳州公共卫生司（NCDPH）协助对受风暴影响最严重的社区进行快速需求评估。根据当地公共卫生官员、实地评估小组和电力公司提供的信息，FDOH确定亨德里县是受影响最严重的地区，这是一个农村县，2000年人口为36210人。亨德里县的两个社区，位于克莱维斯顿镇（人口6460）的蒙图拉牧场庄园和先锋种植园，尤其令人担忧。根据2000年的人口普查，近20%的克莱维斯顿居民生活在贫困线以下。评估确定，大约三分之一的家庭还受到了2004年和2005年威尔玛之前至少一场其他飓风的影响。接受调查的家庭中，超过一半居住在受损但仍可居住的房屋中，蒙图拉牧场庄园10%的家庭报告其房屋无法居住；约73%的家庭未收到有关清理活动期间如何保持安全的信息。评估结果立即提供给了亨德里县应急行动中心、亨德里县卫生部门和FDOH，以便分配资源帮助这些社区从飓风中恢复。
