Noting further that the Caribbean region has been hard hit, and in some cases devastated, by hurricanes in the recent past, and concerned that their frequency, intensity and destructive power continue to pose a challenge to the development of the region,
还注意到加勒比区域近来遭到飓风的严重打击，有时是严重破坏，感到关切的是，飓风的频繁和严重程度及其破坏力对该区域的发展努力构成挑战，