Grenada

Historical disasters in Grenada

Compiled by: C.J. van Westen

Last updated: 09-02-2016

This table below contains a list of historical disasters for Grenada. The table was compiled using different sources.

Table : Historical disaster events collected from different sources (NI = No Information). C = casualties. Shaded records are hurricane-related. Red records have landslides reported.

Year	Day	Events	Reported incidents	C

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.	5
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	15
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)	6
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.	1
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	1

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