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Saint Lucia
Haiti: New opportunities for Haiti and the Caribbean Community
12 Jul 2010, Trinidad Express.com
Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies says that Caricom can play a role in providing technical and professional support to Haiti by 'drawing Haiti into [its] network of education, health, tourism, disaster risk reduction and environmental protection' reports the Trinidad Express...
National Platform
- HFA Focal Point:
National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) - Website:http://www.geocities.com/slunemo/
- Contact:Director
- Phone:+1758 4523802 +1785 4682126
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Saint Lucia: Disaster preparedness and response act (2000)2000, Saint Lucia - gov
- Saint Lucia: Emergency powers (disasters) act (1995)1995, Saint Lucia - gov
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 9,904 |      |
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| Drought | 0 | ||
| Flood | 0 | ||
| Landslide | 474 |  |
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| Earthquake | 0 |  |
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| Tsunami | 840 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 1980 | 80,000 |  |
| Storm | 1983 | 3,000 | |
| Storm | 1994 | 750 | |
| Storm | 1999 | 200 | |
| Mass mov. wet | 1996 | 175 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- ACS 18th meeting of the Special Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction09-10 Sep 2010, Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
- Family disaster supplies calendar: a checklist2004, Saint Lucia - gov
- Saint Lucia drought hazard assessment2007, Saint Lucia - gov
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Project manager - disaster response (Latin America/Carribean)Costa Rica (San Jose), HFHI
- Community development specialist - HaitiHaiti (Port Au Prince), HFHI
- Director, Haiti emergency (early warning)Haiti (Port-au-Prince), Save the Children U.S.
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.