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St. Vincent Floods Dec 1992 UN DHA Information Report 1

UNDRO 92/0793

ST. VINCENT - FLOODS
DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
4 DECEMBER 1992

1. DHA-UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN BARBADOS REPORTS FOLLOWING. COMMENCING SUNDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 1992, ST. VINCENT HAS SUFFERED HEAVY RAINS CAUSING SEVERE LOCAL FLOODING. VIOLENT
TROPICAL STORMS CAUSED THE AIRPORT TO BE CLOSED (SINCE RE-OPENED). A RIVER BURST ITS BANKS AT MESOPOTAMIA, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF 3 CHILDREN.

2. COASTAL ROADS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLAND WERE PARTIALLY BLOCKED BY LANDSLIDES, AND HOUSING HAS BEEN DAMAGED.