- 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

Floods in 1988 left 27 dead, 200 homeless and a total of 3901 persons affected

Source: https://www.emdat.be/database

Floods in 1987 left 33 persons dead, 150 persons injured, and 8910 persons affected

Source: https://www.emdat.be/database