Page "History of Grenada" Paragraph 15

On 22 September 1955 Hurricane Janet hit Grenada killing 500 people and destroying 75 % of the nutmeg trees.

A new political party, the Grenada National Party led by Herbert Blaize, contested the 1957 general election and with the cooperation of elected independent members took control of the Legislative Council from the Grenada United Labour Party.

In 1958, the Windward Islands Administration was dissolved, and Grenada joined the Federation of the West Indies.