Central America

Saint Lucia

Location

Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago.

Personal security, general travel, navigation, hot weather injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation/sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, helicopter safety, terrorism, cultures/customs, communications, emergency shelters. Beachwear not to be worn in towns.

Use bottled water.

Volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys.

Tropical, moderated by north-east trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August.

Hurricanes and volcanic activity.

Hepatitis A, polio, typhoid, yellow fever.

Deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region.

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