This Rapid Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) provides a summary of the sectors affected by the heavy rains and devastating floods that occurred on December 24 and 25, 2013 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The DaLA focuses particularly on infrastructure damages and losses in order to inform the country's recovery, reconstruction and financial planning. It also includes short and medium term recommendations designed to further incorporate disaster risk management into land use and physical planning decision-making processes. The European Union (EU) provided financial support for the DaLA in the framework of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program, managed by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
