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  • Tags: Roads - Effect of floods on

Belvedere, St. Thomas

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"A section of the road at Belvedere in St. Thomas which was undermined and washed away during heavy rain on Wednesday."

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Bog Walk Gorge

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"Heavy rains on Saturday make the Bog Walk Gorge impassable as the Rio Cobre River over-runs its banks with water up to five feet in some area. Picture one shows a Public Works Department tractor assisting a Land Rover through the waters yesterday."

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Floods, Jamaica

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Vehicles travelling a flooded roadway.

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Frome (main road damaged by flood rains)

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"Frome: This mainroad in Frome was severely damaged by the flood rains."

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Half Way Tree

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Traffic build-up in Half Way Tree resulting from flood rains.

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Highland Drive

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"2. Adina Bruff of Highland Drive uses a rake stick to test the depth of the water in the gully which runs in the back of her yard. Water overflowed the gully bank and went for her house to damage furniture and other personal effects."

"3. Stones…

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Jacks Hill Gully

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"Derrick Webb's Citroen car being unearthed from a sandy and watery grave in the Jacks Hills gully yesterday."

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Jacks Hill Gully

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"Above a JOS bus is stuck fast in the gully at Jacks Hill. The bus was filled with sand and debris."

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Manchester - Ward Avenue

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"Oh what a waste! The protracted drought which has been gripping the island makes any rain, natural or seeded, a blessed event and a precious default on Mandeville's Ward Avenue makes rain a continually wasted and obviously unwanted blessing. Heavy…

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Maxfield Avenue, Kingston

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"A section of the Corporate Area which was flooded by heavy rains yesterday. These motor vehicles try to move through the over 6 inches of water which fell in the Corporate Area, Maxfield Avenue."

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