Motor vehicles ploughing through flood waters on Marcus Garvey Drive, near the Tinson Pen airstrip, in Kingston yesterday. - Norman Grindley /Staff Photographer TORRENTIAL RAINS forced several families from their homes, while schools and businesses remained closed due to rising waters out West.
The Lucea main road was impassable for some time, and residents used boats for transportation in the knee-high water, Gleaner correspondents in Hanover reported. The entire community of Brissett was cut off, as the road leading into that community was inundated by several feet of water.
In Westmoreland, all schools were closed and most stores did not open for business. A Gleaner correspondent reported flooding in the Three Miles River area, and also in Landillo, Hatfield and sections of Sav-la-Mar.
At least one family had to be evacuated from their home in Black River, St. Elizabeth. Also in Black River, the Seventh-Day Adventist and the Pentecostal churches were reported to be under water. Heavy winds in the Holland Bamboo area flattened a section of the scenic avenue. The Gleaner also received reports of utility poles and power lines being blown down in the Ulster Spring and Albert Town areas of Trelawny. No flooding was reported in the parish of St. James.
