The Flash Flood Warning that was in force for just 64% of the island, yesterday, has been extended to the entire island, for the next 48 hours.
The trough which is slowly moving to the North-West of us, is still hovering over the island and there is a tropical wave in the Eastern Caribbean that should reach us by the weekend.
- There are reported landslides, island-wide.
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One (1) person from the Bob Marley Beach in Bull Bay, St. Andrew, reportedly drowned on Sunday, when he and another man went to retrieve fish pots in a small boat.
Apparently the fishing boat was trapped by flood waters caused by the inclement weather.
The other man was reportedly rescued and taken to hospital
- Nine (9) persons were today marooned in Hill Ground area of St. Catherine.
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Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew - Mayor Desmond McKenzie reported on Nationwide Radio's Cover Story that significant damage has occurred in the Sandy and Seaview Gullies...emergency operations are now in force to rescue residents there
He also said that every rural division of St. Andrew has land slides resulting in blocked roads and that flooding has occurred in the traditional flood-prone areas e.g. Kintyre
- Television Jamaica News showed sections of Portmore, St. Catherine, that were flooded out due to a major drain being blocked.
Gillian
Sources Include
1) Nationwide Radio's Cover Story, June 7, 2011
2) Television Jamaica's Nightly News at 7:00 p.m., June 7, 2011
3) CVM Television's News Watch Hour at 8:00 p.m., June 7, 2011
4) Article, "Suspected drowning at Bob Marley beach", JamaicaObserver.com, June 5, 2011
