1979 June 12 Flooding Event

- Flooding took place after a five-month period of above normal rainfall
- Rainfall was due to a Tropical Depression
- There were 42 deaths (31 from Westmoreland)
- Nearly 160,000 persons were affected with up to 40,000 being left homeless and 50,000 suffering significant losses
- Roads, buildings, water supply systems, bridges, agricultural crops and livestock were most affected in Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James and Trelawny
- Sewerage plants and graves were washed out and there was concern that another typhoid outbreak would occur

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