The Layou River is a river in
Dominica
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...
. It rises in the interior of the country, flowing westward to reach the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ...
on the country's central western coast, very close to the town of
St. Joseph. It is the longest and deepest river in Dominica. With a total length of long.
Disaster
The river is prone to flooding. Matthieu Dam, which is located near the end of the river, has collapsed multiple times. It started in the year 1997 when landslides, due to heavy rainfall blocked portions of the river. In the year 2011, the river flooded twice, in July and October. 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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