Hurricane Janet 1955 Hit on the 23rd September 1955 and leveled the area with 115mph winds. 122 persons died. The storm caused fatalities in Barbados numbered 38 and in the Grenadines 122. Property damage was in excess of $2,800,000. Source: https://goo.gl/LPQkAm, https://goo.gl/mmahcJ St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1898 Hurricane Storm packing winds of 110mph from the ESE resulted in the deaths of 100 persons. The 1898 hurricane in Saint Vincent destroyed 20,000 workers houses leaving half the population homeless and three-quarters without food as inappropriately constructed buildings, limited subsistence crops and external communications were lost (Richardson, 1997 As seen in Pelling and Uitto paper). Source: https://goo.gl/Eujo2q, https://goo.gl/JVTg5v St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1831 Hurricane In August 1831, St Vincent was struck by a major hurricane. In contrast to the eruption of 1812, this event had an island-wide impact, with damage to property and crops across 92 of the 96 sugar estates active at the time, and an estimated mortality across the island of 50–100 (Smith, 2012). Disproportionate claims for compensation were received from estates within the ‘Charlotte’ parish that covers the north and northwest portions of the island; emphasizing the susceptibility of populationsSt. Vincent and the Grenadines