Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program

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Existing Hazard Maps in the Caribbean

The following table summarizes current availability of hazard maps in the English-speaking Caribbean. This information was provided by the participants in the 1999 CDMP Hazard Mapping and Vulnerability Assessment Workshop. In this table, 'XXX' indicates that a given type of map exists in the territory; where a map exists, but with limitations, the limitations are noted in the cell. Additions and corrections are welcomed!

Country Seismic Landslide Flood Storm Surge Volcanic Other
Anguilla     On general disaster preparedness map      
Antigua & Barbuda       In Draft    
Barbados   XXX XXX XXX    
Belize     Parts of country      
British Virgin Islands   Landslide-prone road sections   Susceptibility zones (by hurricane class)   Areas vulnerable to accelerated winds
Dominica Incomplete XXX Incomplete XXX Incomplete  
Dominican Republic Fault lines only   General description of flood plains Susceptibility zones (by hurricane class)   Areas vulnerable to accelerated winds
Grenada         XXX  
Guyana     XXX     Drought, forest fire, hazardous spills (mercury)
Jamaica XXX XXX XXX XXX   Rudimentary Tsunami hazard map
St Kitts and Nevis   Contour and slope stability Flood plain buffer maps     Coastal erosion
St Lucia   XXX XXX      
St Vincent   XXX     XXX  
Trinidad XXX Parts of island Parts of island      
Tobago XXX XXX Parts of island      

 

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