Following months of inactivity due to Hurricane Dean, the union of banana grower associations of Martinique and Guadeloupe (UGPBAN) is readying itself for a return to the European market. On 17 August 2007, Hurricane Dean destroyed 100 per cent of Martinique's, and 60 per cent of Guadeloupe's, banana production, thanks to winds of up to 160km/h, which succeeded in toppling trees and causing widespread flooding. The UGPBAN estimated the cost of the damage to the two islands' 10,000ha of plantations atEUR 100-120 m, the worst destruction for over 20 years.
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机译：在因迪恩飓风而停滞了几个月后，马提尼克岛和瓜德罗普岛香蕉种植者协会（UGPBAN）的工会正为返回欧洲市场做准备。 2007年8月17日，迪恩飓风摧毁了马提尼克岛100％的香蕉和瓜德罗普岛60％的香蕉，这要归功于时速高达160 km / h的风，使香蕉倒下并造成了大面积洪水。 UGPBAN估计，这两个岛屿的10,000公顷种植园遭受的破坏成本为100-120 m欧元，这是20年来最严重的破坏。
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