Grenada

1822

01/12/1822

Earthquake

Magnitude 8 (Richter)?? probably Mercalli scale with great damage to buildings

1822

29/12/1822

Earthquake

Magnitude 7, Rock fall reported!

1831

04/12/1831

Earthquake

7 Richter (?) scale. St. George church bells rang

1834

25/11/1834

Earthquake

6 Richter (?) scale in North of the island. Cracks in buildings

1844

19/01/1844

Earthquake

7 Richter (?) scale. St George front wall of church guardroom partly collapsed

1846

06/09/1846

Earthquake

6 Richter (?) scale

1856

13/08/1856

Hurricane

H1

1877

22/09/1877

Hurricane

H1

1878

02/09/1878

Hurricane

H2, brushed the island

1885

13/11/1885

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale

1886

02/02/1886

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale

1886

16/08/1886

Hurricane

Hurricane  H2 brushed the island

1887

06/05/1887

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale

1887

20/07/1887

Tropical storm

Tropical storm

1888

09/01/1888

Earthquake

8 Richter (?) but probably Mercalli scale. In St George many stone buildings were severely damaged. Serious damage to churches

1889

06/09/1889

Heavy rainstorms

Severe flooding along the West coast as a result of heavy rainstorms. The Gouyave and St. Mark's River overflowed their banks and cause considerable damages, sweeping through the town of Gouyave and Victoria and tearing up the roads

1890

06/10/1990

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale

1891

12/10/1891

Tropical Storm

1892

17/02/1892

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale. It is indicated from 17/02/1892 to 18/03/1892, similarly as for 1893 in Dominica (same dates but different year). Probably a mistake

1892

07/10/1892

Tropical Storm

1894

?

Drought

1894

28/09/1984

Tropical Storm

Damage to farms and causeway. Flooding Persistent rainfall for 24 hours led to rivers overflowing their banks in the parish of St. Andrew's. Roads, bridges and crops were damaged

1895

15/10/1895

Tropical storm

Flooding

1896

26/11/1896

Earthquake

1896

15/11/1896

Heavy rain

Heavy rains resulted in damage to the river bank at Gouyave from overflowing streams.

1896

30/11/1896

Tropical storm

Flooding. The river embankment at Gouyave was seriously damaged by flood

1897

08/11/1897

Tropical Storm

Flooding. The fourth consecutive year in which destructive floods occurred in Grenada. On November 8th there were heavy rains in St. John's, flooding the Gouyave River and once more damaging the recently erected boulder bank and again on December 6th further damaging the boulder bank and destroying the stone bridge at the mouth of the Gouyave River

1898

?

Earthquake

1899

08/11/1899

Heavy rain

Heavy rain in St. John's caused the Gouyave River to overflow damaging boulder -bank.

1901

?

Drought

1901

05/07/1901

Heavy rain

Heavy rains resulted in damages to roads; and Dunfermline bridge

1901

20/08/1901

Tropical storm

1904

?

Severe drought

1905

?

Severe drought

1905

24/12/1905

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale. Possible rock fall occurrences

1905

07/09/1905

Tropical storm

Tropical storm brushed the island

1906

?

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale

1911

24/09/1911

Rainstorm

Severe storm resulting in heavy rains damaging the roads and cultivations in Gouyave and Concord

1915

?

Tropical storm

20-25 acres of cocoa damaged, 3 bridges and roads damaged. Reported as "most serious rain event in living memory"

1918

24/02/1918

Earthquake

5 Richter (?) scale

1918

01/08/1918

Tropical storm

1918

23/08/1918

Hurricane

H1

1921

?

Tropical storm

Heavy winds. Damage to cocoa. Houses destroyed. Electricity and roads damaged. Landslides and flooding

1924

21/05/1924

Earthquake

Magnitude 5. Severe and prolonged earthquake.

1928

03/08/1923

Tropical storm

1933

12/08/1933

Tropical storm

1933

17/08/1933

Tropical storm

1933

17/09/1933

Tropical storm

1938

10/08/1938

Tropical storm

1938

??/10/1938

Heavy rain

Unprecedented violent rain-storm resulted in the loss of 5 lives, widespread damage to cultivation, roads, bridges and telephone lines over the southern portion of the island. The main bridge over the St. John' river which led to the town of St. George's was completed destroyed.

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1939

23/24/07/1939

Volcanic eruption and tsunami

An eruption of Kick 'em Jenny broke the sea surface, sending a cloud of steam and debris 275 m (902 ft) into the air and generating a series of tsunamis around two metres high when they reached the coastlines of northern Grenada

1944

24/07/1944

Tropical storm

Brushed the island

1946

04/10/1946

Rainstorms

Severe rainstorms in Grenada: 15 persons were killed in Victoria and 13 houses washed away

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1954

07/10/1954

Hurricane Hazel

Several trees uprooted, houses blown down. Electricity and road damaged.

1954

04/12/1954

Earthquake

6 Richter (?) scale

1955

22/09/1955

Hurricane Janet

Hurricane Janet.  15 inches of rain in 9 hours. Very heavy wind and rain for 9 hours. 95% of nutmeg trees and coconut trees were uprooted. 120 persons killed. 6,000 dwellings totally destroyed. 20 out of 50 schools seriously damaged. Agricultural losses were immense, This was the most serious hurricane in a long time in Grenada. Landslides and flooding

120

1961

`20/07/1961

Tropical storm Anna

1963

24/09/1963

Hurricane Edith

Hurricane Edith. Minor repercussions. Most damage in St. Lucia.

1963

01/10/1963

Hurricane Flora

Hurricane Flora, airport, bridges and roads damaged. Estimated damage 20,000 Pound. Over a period of 4 months there was a reduction in the average monthly output of 25% (13,000 stems instead of 20,000 stems)

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1970

Drought

Lack of rainfall for 5 months

1971

Drought

Lack of rainfall for 5 months

1972

Drought

Lack of rainfall for 6 months

1973

Drought

Lack of rainfall for 8  months

1974

Drought

Lack of rainfall for 5 months

1975

Drought

Lack of rainfall for 5 months

1975

30/09/1975

Tropical storm

Tropical Storm, causing 6 casualties

6

1975

??/11/1975

Heavy rain

Flooding caused US$4.7 million in losses

1978

11/08/1978

Tropical storm Cora

1979

Hurricane David

1980

04/08/1980

Storm

Hurricane Allen. 5.3 million US $ losses

1985

11/09/1985

Tropical depression

Unknown effects

1986

08/09/1986

Tropical storm Danielle

Brushed the island

1988

10/10/1988

Tropical storm Joan

Unknown effects

1990

25/07/1990

Tropical Storm Arthur

1000 people affected,

1991

?

Rock fall

in 1991 in the village of Cotton Bailey parish of St. John when a large boulder fell on a passenger bus, resulting in the loss of nine lives

9

1994

?

Drought

Lack of sufficient rainfall for 6-7 months. Tourism belt affected by lack of pipe borne water.

1995

Tropical storm Marilyn

1999

15/11/1999

Hurricane Lenny

210 people affected, 5.5 million US$ damage, 27% of GDP

2000

?

Tropical storm Joyce

2002

??/09/2002

Tropical storm Lili

2003

12/12/2003

Heavy rain

The St. John's River overflowed its banks causing damage to damage to private houses, vehicles, schools, commercial buildings, and the newly built National Stadium. Estimated cost of damage was EC$1.2M

2004

14/08/2004

Tropical Storm Earl

Tropical Storm Earl damaged at least 34 roofs and knocked down twelve trees and six electrical poles.

2004

07/09/2004

Hurricane Ivan

Hurricane Ivan. 39 Casualties, 81,553 people affected out of the total population of 102,632 and losses over 889 million US $. 27,735 out of the total of 31,122 houses were damaged.

The major disaster that has hit Grenada in the last century.

39

2005

04/07/2005

Tropical despression

Unknown effects

2005

13/07/2005

Hurricane Emily

Hurricane Emily.  1 casualty in St. Patrick North. 1,660 persons in shelters in Grenada and Carriacou. 16 houses were destroyed and well over 200 more were damaged, and two of the main hospitals were flooded.[3] The estimated damage from Emily in Grenada was USD $110 million.

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2007

31/08/2007

Tropical storm Felix

Hurricane Felis. Unknown effects

2009

29/07/2009

Landslide

obstruction to the flow of traffic in Parade, St Paul's close to Andall's Supermarket due to a landslide

2009-2010

Severe drought.  In 2009 a 24 year lowest annual rain fall total recorded. 17% decline in banana production.

2011

12/04/2011

Flooding and landslide

Numerous reports of flooded houses, landslides, road blockages, sunken boats and destroyed houses. In Gouyave, one house was destroyed by the violent river, which overflowed its bank. Road access from Waltham St. Mark to Victoria has been blocked. Also, the Balthazar bridge has been flooded as well. In Clozier, St. John, access to Gouyave has been cut off due to a land slide. 11 boats have sunk sink in Victoria, St. Mark. Five major landslips in Gouyave, with about three houses lost along the river and other properties flooded. However, there are no reports of loss of lives. Rains have affected other parts of the island, including South West and North West St. Andrew, resulting in rising water levels in some rivers and landslides in the Grand Etang area. Estimated cost of damage ECD 11.2M

2011

29/11/2011

Landslide and Flooding

Flooding occurred in several places. The town of Grenville was worst hit. There have also been reports of several landslides within the vicinity. In view of the flooding, all schools within the Parish were closed.

2012

20/04/2012

Landslide

A landslide that took place in the parish of St. Mark. The Balthazar Bridge which was flooded making it un-motor able.

2012

??/01/2012

Earthquake

3.5 Magnitude on Richter scale

2012

??/02/2012

Earthquake

4 Magnitude on Richter scale

2013

Earthquake

4.8 Magnitude on Richter scale

2014

Earthquake

4 Magnitude on Richter scale

2014

21/09/2014

Landslide

A landslide has deposited large rocks at the exit of the Sendall tunnel Sunday night, making it impassable to vehicular traffic. There were also reports of flooding in the south of the island

2014

23/10/2014

Flood

Sendall tunnel closed due to flooding. Several flooding has also been reported in areas such as Balthazar Bridge and parts of the town of Grenville, affecting Ben Jones and George Patterson streets

2015

05/11/2015

Landslide

Heavy rain caused landslide in Hope, St. Andrews, where a retaining wall collapsed on a car, killing one person

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