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"Mr. Bucket [Ranny Williams] grumbles to himself as he washes out his pot at the standpipe in the yard."

"Rev. Herbert Swaby, headmaster of Iona High School outside Ocho Rios."

"A man holds on to a bus stop column as others take shelter during a city flood."

"Two of the many Kingston commuters who yesterday afternoon got wet feet as short but torrential rainfall converted the City's roads into river valleys. The showers started in the early afternoon, and within a few minutes several roads particularly…

"Residents evacuating their flooded homes."

Residents load a truck with furniture as they prepare to evacuate their flooded homes.

"People sheltering under a bus shed, stood on the seats to escape the floodwaters."

"Who'd think this was central Half Way Tree? Every time rain falls, a lake forms at the intersection of Hope Road and Halfway Tree Road [near the taxi stand]. Last week's flood rains brought no exception as workmen from the KSAC try to clear debris…

"Gerry Coombs, in Rowlandfield, highlights how water runs off from the PWD Roadway at seven separate points, has led to the erosion of roughly three acres of young and mature crops on his 30-odd acre property."

"RJR makes a significant contribution to the Jamaica flood fund."