JUNE 5 - 10, 1886
A slow-moving quasi-stationary tropical storm or hurricane affected most of the island with tremendous rains, especially in central parishes. During the period 38 inches of rain were recorded at Chapelton with 15 inches being recorded on the 6th. Over the same period, 24 inches were recorded at Whitney. The Bog Hole Valley on the boundaries of Clarendon and St. Ann was flooded to a depth of 80ft in some places. Trees, houses and the roofs of many of the estate buildings at Cave Valley and Greenock were covered by water. At least ten persons lost their lives by drowning in Cave Valley.
NOVEMBER 4 - 12, 1909
Tremendous rains hit Jamaica as the island was affected by a hurricane moving northeastwards some distance off the east coast. In what must go down as the greatest recorded deluge in Jamaica's history, many places in St. Thomas recorded well over 100 inches of rain in a five-day period. For instance, Farm Hill in that parish recorded 103 inches from the 5th to the 9th with a maximum 24-hour total on the 7th of 28.3 inches.
The resultant floods were phenomenal. The road between Mammee Hill and St. Christopher in St Andrew was a vast lake up to thirty feet in depth in some places. The Pedro Run Valley in upper Clarendon was under water up to 30 feet. A lake appeared near Ewarton Town and the level of the upper reaches of the Cascade River in St. Thomas was raised 50 feet above normal by a massive landslide.
NOVEMBER 1940
At final count at least 125 persons met their deaths through drowning and landslides, the vast majority drowning. There were numerous injuries and more than 2,000 persons were left homeless with at least 400 in the Swift River district alone. There was colossal damage to roads and bridges and cultivated areas suffered severely. Flood damage was estimated as high as 150,000 pounds sterling a staggering figure in that day.
OTHER INSTANCES
June 1979: "New Market Flood"
August 1980: Hurricane Allen -Agriculture ($110M) hit hardest"
June 1986: June Floods
April 1987: "Floods destroy $167M in food crops"
November 1987: "$52 million road damage by floods, $73 million farm loss: Clarendon hardest hit"
September 1988: Hurricane Gilbert massive islandwide destruction
June 1991: June Floods damage to crops and livestock islandwide
January 1993: Floods St. Thomas suffers millions in damage
May 1993: Flood rains damage $400M in agricultural crops
June 1993: Hurricane season starts: First tropical depression develops; rains pelt island
January 1993: "St. Thomas flood damage runs into millions: hillside residents urged to move"
May 1993: "Millions needed for road repairs" $25M
November 1995: Island suffers flood damage
October 1996: 169 families affected by floods
June 1997: June floods wreak havoc
December 1998: Flood leaves millions in damage
May 2001: Flood damage to crops especially in St. Mary, St. Ann
November 2001: Floods effects of Hurricane Michelle, Portland devastated
May 2002: Flood damage Clarendon, Manchester, St. Thomas hardest hit
