Overall Green alert Flood for Jamaica
in Jamaica

Event summary

Flood Jamaica can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100720
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Jamaica
From - To 08 Jan - 10 Jan

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Jamaica, January 2021A short period of torrential rain caused flash flooding in parts of northern Jamaica on 08 January, in particular in areas of Montego Bay. Local media reported injuries to motorists trapped in vehicles and damage to buildings.Fri 8 Jan 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Flood-ravaged family gets $100,000 shopping spreeWed, 23 Dec 2020 16:42:00 +0100.

Excited children packed their trolleys through the aisles of MegaMart Waterloo yesterday, the joy evident on their faces. Their mother, Marsha Smart, and grandmother, Petrona Anderson, were also barely able to contain their excitement. In N
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DTM Regional Overview — Countries Impacted by Hurricanes Eta and Iota ... Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:27:00 +0100.

English Infographic on Belize and 9 other countries about Shelter and Non-Food Items, Flood, Land Slide and more; published on 22 Dec 2020 by IOM
Fire and flood menace parts of US and BangladeshMon, 14 Dec 2020 23:14:00 +0100.

LONDON, December 14, 2020 − More extreme weather is on the way for the hapless residents of Bangladesh, New York and the western US, facing the prospect of worsening fire and flood. There is a new future for New York. By the close of the ce
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),