In the northwestern Caribbean, Hattie passed close to Grand Cayman with heavy rainfall.
Hurricane Hattie moved ashore in British Honduras with a storm tide of up to 14 feet (4.3 m) near Belize City,[REF] a city of 31,000 people located at sea-level; its only defenses against the storm tide were a small seawall and a strip of swamp lands [REF].