Jamaica
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Jamaica
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JAMAICA2.<br />
Disaster Vulnerability<br />
Date'.<br />
T'<br />
Disaster<br />
Type<br />
Hurricane<br />
A&Tidal Surge<br />
Location<br />
Port Royal,<br />
Queenstown<br />
Number<br />
Killed<br />
Number<br />
Affected<br />
n.as.<br />
Damage<br />
($000)<br />
nea.<br />
1780 Hurricane & Savanna-la-Mar 300 na. n.a.<br />
Sea Wave & West Coast<br />
1850 Cholera Urban areas 32,000 n.a. n.a.<br />
Epidemic<br />
1907 Earthquake Kingston & 1,200 90,000 n.a.<br />
Port Maria<br />
1912 Hurricane<br />
Tidal wave<br />
Western Parishes<br />
Savanna-la-Mar<br />
142 n.a. n.a.<br />
Montego Bay<br />
1933 Flood Kingston- 53 n.a. n.a.<br />
St. Andrew<br />
1933 Hurricane Western Parishes 10 n.a. n.a.<br />
1944 Hurricane Portland, St.<br />
Thomas, Kingston,<br />
St. Mary<br />
26 n.a. n.a.<br />
1951': Hurricane South Coast 154 :.'"20,000 $20-50,000<br />
1957, Earthquake St. James & 3 n.as n.a.<br />
Western Parishes<br />
i968': Drought Nationwide n.a. 100,000 *56,000<br />
10/19/73 Tropical Storm Kingston & 6 2,500 $1,700<br />
entire island<br />
1976 Civil Strife Kingston n.a.' 60,000 n.a.<br />
1977. -Dengue'Fever Widespread<br />
,6/791: Flood Western <strong>Jamaica</strong> 39 160,000 n.a..<br />
8/4/80 Hurricane North Coast 9 10,000 $30,000<br />
5/20/80 Fire/Accident Kingston 187 n.a. n.a.<br />
,1/81 Fire Esso Plant, Montego n.a. n.a. $14,000<br />
Bay<br />
Source: Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Relief Coordination,<br />
and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Disaster History.<br />
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