Slide 43: Dune erosion, Mead’s Bay, Anguilla, after Hurricane Luis

Here at Mead’s Bay, Anguilla, there was extensive beach and dune erosion during Hurricane Luis in 1995, the dunes were eroded back 30 metres (98 ft) in places.

Slide 44: Dune mining, Mead’s Bay, Anguilla, 1980s

These same dunes were extensively mined for construction sand in the 1980s, thus they were lowered and the vegetation was removed leaving them vulnerable to future hurricanes.