Flooding and landslides affecting four parishes

Date Published: 
27 Oct 2016

A combination of flooding and landslides is now impacting a number of communities in the eastern parishes of St. Mary, Portland, St. Thomas and St. Andrew. Hundreds of persons in the parishes are now marooned, resulting from persistent rainfall over the last 36 hours.

Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says that in St. Mary the Pencar River has overflowed its banks, resulting in several homes in Annotto Bay being flooded. The Junction road was rendered impassable due to landslides, but is now being reopened. Landslides have left persons in Alleppo Heights marooned. Persons have also been marooned in the Flinch River Road and Rock River areas. The May River has overflowed, resulting in the Enfield main road being impassable. The road from Border to Cuffy Gully is also now blocked, so too the stretch from Camberwell to Georges Hope

In Portland, the main road from Windsor to Moore Town is impassable. Persons are now marooned in the Berrydale area, as a section of the stretch from Followship to Berrydale is now flooded. The road from Balcarres to Buff Bay is now blocked and landslides are impacting the road from Church Corner to Muir Park. The Seamans Valley area is also flooded and impassable.

In St. Andrew, the main road leading to Newscastle is now blocked by a massive landslide, while in St. Thomas the community of Hagley’s Gap is now marooned, resulting from flooding of the White, Yallahs and Negro Rivers.

Mr. Shaw says that teams from the NWA are out in the various areas, however, the response is being impacted by continuous rainfall. Persons are being advised not to attempt to use flooded roads, as they could put their lives at risk.

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