Saint Lucia
Historical disasters in Saint Lucia
Compiled by: C.J. van Westen
Last updated: 09-02-2016
The preliminary results of the data collection on disaster events are presented in this section and all data are aggregated into a single table below. The data covers a long period starting in the 18th century. For many of the historical events it was possible to reconstruct the date of occurrence. The table also indicates for the various events whether there were indications of landslide occurrence, and if so whether the location of the landslides are known. Unfortunately this is not the case for most of the events. We believe that this catalogue is the most comprehensive that was made for the country until now, and hope it will be updated whenever new events occur.Â
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Year |
Day |
Events |
Notes |
Information available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1872 |
09-20/09/1872 |
Hurricane |
NI |
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1875 |
08-18/09/1875 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1876 |
01/11/1876 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1879 |
09-16/10/1879 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1880 |
15-20-08/1880 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1886 |
15-27/08/1886 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1887 |
08/08/1887 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1887 |
11-22/09/1887 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1888 |
01-08/11/1888 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1891 |
18-25/08/1891 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1894 |
11-20/10/1894 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1895 |
22-30/08/1895 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1896 |
11/09/1896 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1898 |
05-20/09/1898 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1901 |
04-13/07/1901 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1903 |
06-16/08/1903 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1916 |
10-22/07/1916 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1916 |
12-20/08/1916 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1916 |
06-15/10/1916 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1917 |
20-30/09/1917 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1918 |
09-14/09/1918 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1921 |
10-9-1921 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1924 |
16-18/08/1924 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1928 |
19-9-1928 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1931 |
10-21/08/1931 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1938 |
21-11-1938 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1938 |
22-11-1938 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides Ravine Crebiche and Flooding |
 |
1939 |
7-1-1939 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides Ravine Poisson and Flooding |
 |
1940 |
7-8-1940 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1941 |
23-30/09/1941 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1942 |
21-31/08/1942 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1942 |
15-22/09/1942 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1943 |
11-18/10/1943 |
Hurricane |
NI |
 |
1948 |
1-9-1948 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1949 |
3-9-1949 |
Tropical Storm |
NI |
 |
1951 |
5-9-1951 |
Hurricane Dog |
NI |
 |
1954 |
12-12-1954 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides Ravine Poisson and Flooding |
 |
1958 |
4-7-1958 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1958 |
6-9-1958 |
Hurricane Ella |
NI |
 |
1960 |
10-7-1960 |
Hurricane Abbey |
NI |
 |
1963 |
24-9-1963 |
Hurricane Edith |
NI |
 |
1965 |
27-9-1965 |
Hurricane Betsy |
NI |
 |
1965 |
25-10-1965 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1966 |
jun-66 |
Tropical Storm |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1966 |
27-30/09/1966 |
Tropical Storm Judith |
NI |
 |
1967 |
8-9-1967 |
Hurricane Beulah |
NI |
 |
1967 |
26-9-1967 |
Tropical Storm Edith |
NI |
 |
1969 |
25-27/07/1969 |
Tropical Depression |
NI |
 |
1970 |
17-23/08/1970 |
Tropical Storm Dorothy |
NI |
 |
1970 |
2-10-1970 |
Tropical Depression |
Landslides and Flooding |
 |
1971 |
18-25/08/1971 |
Tropical Storm Chole |
NI |
 |
1976 |
03-12/10/1976 |
Tropical Depression |
NI |
 |
1979 |
19-24/06/1979 |
Tropical Storm Ana |
NI |
 |
1980 |
3-8-1980 |
Hurricane Allen |
Widespread landslides particular Barre de l'isle |
 |
1981 |
nov-81 |
Storm |
Landslides |
 |
1983 |
23-7-1983 |
Storm |
NI |
 |
1984 |
24-26/07/1984 |
Tropical Depression |
NI |
 |
1988 |
11-9-1988 |
Tropical Storm Gilbert |
Landslide |
1985 map De GRaff |
1990 |
6-11-1990 |
NI |
Landslides More du Don |
 |
1992 |
29-11-1992 |
NI |
Landslides |
 |
1993 |
14-17/08/1993 |
Tropical Storm Cindy |
NI |
 |
1994 |
09-10/10/1994 |
Tropical Storm Debby |
More than 400 Landslides shallow debris flow in the upper areas, debris and rock slides along roads |
Mapped by Cassandra Rogers |
1995 |
7-9-1995 |
Hurricane Iris |
Landslides Millet Primary school, |
 |
1998 |
sep-98 |
Earthquake and incessant rain |
Landslides Boguis |
 |
1999 |
7-10-1999 |
Seismic Event |
soil creep and slow gravitational movement and Flooding |
 |
2001 |
14-22/08/2001 |
Tropical Storm Chantal |
NI |
 |
2001 |
04-09/10/2001 |
Tropical Storm Jerry and Hurricane Iris |
NI |
 |
2003 |
07-17/07/2003 |
Hurricane Claudette |
NI |
 |
2004 |
03-14/08/2004 |
Tropical Storm Bonnie |
NI |
 |
2004 |
26-9-2004 |
Seismic Event |
Landslides Tapion |
 |
2005 |
1-7-2005 |
Heavy rainfall prior to the failure |
Landslide Windjammer Landing Beach Resort |
 |
2007 |
13-23/08/2007 |
Hurricane Dean |
NI |
 |
2010 |
30-31/10/2010 |
Hurricane Tomas |
Many landsides Colombette, Fond St Jacques, along the Barre De L'ile, Millet and on the hills east and south of Castries |
 |
2013 |
24-12-2013 |
Christmas Eve trough |
Several landslides along the roads |
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