The Layou River is a river in
Dominica. It rises in the interior of the country, flowing westward to reach the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
on the country's central western coast, very close to the town of
St. Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...
. It is the longest and deepest river in Dominica.
Disaster
The river is prone to flooding. Matthieu Dam which is located near the end of the river has collapsed multiple times. It all started in the year 1997 when landslides, due to heavy rainfall blocked portions of the river. In the year 2011, the river flooded twice. It flooded in July 2011 and more recently in October 2011. This poses a major threat to th
Layou village There were no deaths, but it affected 13 dwellings.
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Rivers of Dominica
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