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Prime Minister Manley at McGregor Gully

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"Prime Minister Manley gets a helping hand across a flooded area during his tour of the McGregor Gully in Vineyard Town yesterday."

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Portmore Causeway

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"Crossing the flood: motorists making their way along the Portmore Causeway yesterday morning after one of the principal water mains broke sending thousands of gallons of water to waste. The photograph was taken at 10:00am and Urban Development…

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Portmore

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"Portmore under water: this area is unique in Jamaica. Waterlogged and dangerous, it is the place of greatest risk from hurricane, from earthquake and from flooding. It is home for over 50,000 people!"

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Port Royal main road

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"Main road, which leads to Port Royal, becomes a lake whenever it rains. The heavy rains this week showed this as vehicles struggled to get through the water."

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Papine

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"Man demonstrates how this house in the Papine area was moved off its foundations by flood water."

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Nutts River fording, St. Thomas

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"Nutts River fording above, was washed away during the April flash flood and left the remote villagers without an alternative route to get out their agricultural produce. This was one of the flood-ravaged areas Prime Minister Manley, Local Government…

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Norman Manley Airport dual driveway

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"The heavy rains this week made another pond one side of the dual driveway leading to the Norman Manley Airport. At some parts of the road water was about one foot deep. The authorities have closed the flooded side of the road and the other side now…

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Mountain View Avenue

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"Flash Flood: Traffic on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston came to a halt yesterday afternoon as a localised flash flood put a large area of this main thoroughfare under water. There was only slight to moderate rain in other sections of the city."

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Moonlight City - Hunts Bay, St. Andrew

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"The mud hole where a gully used to be: This is a flooded section of Moonlight City in the Hunts Bay area of Lower St. Andrew where debris has blocked the gully forcing water into homes."

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McGregor Gully on Windward Road

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"A washed out section of the McGregor Gully on Windward Road where the Pentecostal Church was damaged in islandwide rain Wednesday night. Prime Minister Manley [right] looks at the damage."

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