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Jamaica Gleaner News - Understanding flooding in Jamaica - Thursday | July 19, 2007

Jamaica Gleaner News - Understanding flooding in Jamaica - Thursday July 19, 2007: "Water-related disasters, often referred to as a hydro-geologic (hydro referring to water and geologic, for land) disasters, are most common in the small island states of the Caribbean, given our geological history and geographical setting. What is commonly described as flooding in the small and steep mountainous terrain seen throughout the Caribbean are simply a number of physical processes commonly referred to water flood, debris flood and debris flow."

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