IN RUINS - Hurricane Dean claims one life - State of emergency declared - Blackouts for at least 48 hrs
JAMAICANS TODAY awoke to scenes of destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean, whose outer bands ploughed through southern parishes claiming one life and damaging the country's housing stock. The police also reported two deaths but could not yet confirm they were related...
Election date hangs in balance
JAMAICA will soon know whether national elections will take place on August 27 as scheduled. Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall has the power under The Representation of the People Act to postpone to elections in light of the passage of Hurricane Dean.
More than disaster for some residents
IF THE battering of the wind and rain was not enough, a fire was totally unbearable. Twenty-six-year-old Cammoy Robinson, of 18a Slipe Road, had only just emerged from the cover of darkness when, 10 minutes later, a fire engulfed the already storm-battered house...
Prisons damaged
Commissioner of Corrections Major Richard Reese has said that varying degrees of damage has occurred at several of the island's penal institutions due to Hurricane Dean.Major Reese revealed that most the roofs of the institution suffered most of the damage...
St Thomas battered by Hurricane Dean
The parish of St. Thomas has suffered severe devastation in the wake of Hurricane Dean. Several communities such as Rio Grande, Hillside, Logan Lane, Scotland and Pomfret are currently marooned. When The Gleaner spoke to disaster relief coordinator, Millicent Blake...
Looters, gangs use rain for gain
Amid the widespread devastation wreaked by Hurricane Dean on Sunday, crime raised its ugly head across the island as rival gangs traded gunfire and looters rampaged stores.There were reports of shootings in the Corporate Area in the pitch black of night...
Caribbean Terrace takes another whack
FOR THE second time in three years, homes in Caribbean Terrace, East Kingston, have been devastated by a major hurricane. The seaside community was walloped by storm surges, some as high as 50 feet, leaving many residents traumatised....
Portland hard hit
Hurricane Dean left a trail of destruction in Portland yesterday, wiping out several houses, damaging utility poles and cables while forcing more than 1,000 residents into emergency shelters. Parish coordinator of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM)...
Storm shelters stretched - Problems rain down as centres struggle to cope
STORM SHELTER administrators in southern parishes worked feverishly yesterday to tend to evacuees fleeing the wrath of Hurricane Dean, but efforts were aggravated by food and medication shortages and ramshackled infrastructure. Norma Sewell, shelter manager at the Easington...
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