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Photo Flashback: October 1963 flooding as a result of Hurricane Flora

Published:Friday | October 6, 2023 | 7:17 AM
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H.G. Tucker’s Shell gas station, opposite Manor House Hotel, had its rear demolished by water some 7 feet deep that cut away the retaining wall behind it.
A Vauxhall motorcar washed over the curb wall on Olivier Road near to Constant Spring Road. The windshield and rear glass were completely torn out.
A major breakaway of Old Hope Road between Mountain View and Munroe roads. This was one of the many damaged relics of the flood rains which battered the Corporate Area in October 1963.
Dangerous waters – A swollen Hope River, rising and surging its way through Harbour View, invaded the dwellings along Riverside Drive and caused several families to evacuate to places of safety on October 17, 1963. Furniture and clothing were damaged but there was no fatality.
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Hurricane Flora, regarded as one of the most severe natural disasters of the 1900s, unleashed widespread devastation. Its outer bands triggered significant flooding in Jamaica, causing extensive infrastructural damage throughout the Corporate Area. As a result, many individuals had to be relocated to secure locations because of the compromised condition of their homes.