Emergency project Christmas Floods 2013 St. Vincent and the Grenadines & Saint Lucia
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- San Vicente y Granadinas
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The Event and immediate aftermath
A low pressure tropical trough brought heavy rainfalls to the Eastern Caribbean on 24th December 2013, severely affecting the islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines, and St Lucia. The sustained torrential rains caused severe flooding, landslides, and damage to infrastructures including health facilities, homes, roads and bridges.