British Virgin Islands

  • 1924 Hurricane

    Eye passed directly over territory, hospital roof gone, mountains stripped of trees, Sea did a lot of damage especially to wooden structures, 29 deaths and 70 – 80 badly bounded. Most of the population was left homeless, most persons lived in the mountains and almost none of these homes remained after the storm. Jost Van Dyke was reported to get the full force of the storm. A reported £25,000 in worth of damage to the islands.

    Source: http://www.oghm.org/the-1924-hurricane.html.

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  • 1867 Virgin Island Tsunami

    On the afternoon of November 18, 1867, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in the Anegada trough, located between the US Virgin Islands of St. Croix, and St. Thomas. The
    earthquake actually consisted of two shocks, separated by ten minutes. These shocks generated two tsunami waves that were recorded at several Island locations across the eastern Caribbean region, most notably on the Islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The first tsunami wave struck the town of Charlotte Amalie, on the island of St. Thomas, approximately 10 minutes after the

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