1. SAINT LUCIA FLOODS AFTER FOUR DAYS OF RAIN DOES THIS SUCCEPTIBILITY TO FLOODING BODE BADLY FOR THE 2011 HURRICANE SEASON? COMPILED BY DAWN FRENCH, SLUNEMO AND GADR MAY 10, 2011 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

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3. Surface Trough Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms affected Saint Lucia from April 28th and continued throughout the day, April 29th and was expected to continue …

4. Surface Trough Satellite Imagery taken at 3:52pm showing a dense mass of cloud covering most of the Eastern Caribbean.

5. Saint Lucia Roseau river near Morne d'Or Photo Credit: Veronica Simon

6. Lessons From the Past Due to the devastation caused by the passage of Hurricane Tomas on October 30, 2010 several communities and their infrastructure are now known to be very vulnerable to flooding and ground failure.

7. TOMAS BECAME A HURRICANE IN ONE DAY: OCTOBER 30, 2010

8. Recognizing the danger Tomas represented to locations in the eastern Caribbean, Haiti, and possibly the Gulf of Mexico, all nations were advised to pay close attention to Tomas’ path during the first week of November..

9. In the eastern Caribbean, Tomas left at least 14 dead, many homeless, and island nations suffering from millions of dollars in damages to banana crops, housing, and infrastructure from wind, flooding, and landslides

10. Tomas, a CAT 2 storm, was the “the worst in Saint. Lucian history,” causing the loss of its entire banana crop, which along with tourism, is extremely important to Saint Lucia’s economy..

11. TOMAS: IMPACTS SAINT LUCIA

12. Flooding: Key Impacts The Ministry of Health activated their Emergency Preparedness Protocols and evacuated the Soufriere Hospital.

13. 2011 Flooding: Key Impacts Access road to the Soufriere Hospital. Soufriere Hospital in the background.

14. SAINT LUCIA [West Coast]: Soufriere

15. SAINT LUCIA [East Coast]: Dennery

16. SAINT LUCIA [South Coast]: Vieux Fort

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