Noting further that the Caribbean region has been hard hit, and in some cases devastated, by hurricanes in 2004, and concerned that their frequency, intensity and destructive power pose a challenge to the development endeavours of the region,
还注意到在2004年，加勒比区域遇到飓风的严重打击，有时遭到飓风的严重破坏，并感到关切的是，飓风频繁和严重程度及其破坏力度对该区域的发展努力构成挑战，