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November 28 2025
Hope River fears
Updated
December 9 2025
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Mark Jackson, a resident of Tavern, St Andrew, highlights the dangerous erosion caused by the swollen Hope River.
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Perched on the edge of the Hope River, these homes face daily danger as the weakening embankment continues to crumble beneath them.
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Tavern resident Mark Pinnock says relocation could deny him his only source of income.
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Tavern resident Vernal Crosdale, 68, gestures toward the eroding Hope River bank that threatens the stability of the home he has lived in for decades.
Residents of Kintyre and Tavern in St Andrew say they are “running out of ground” after Hurricane Melissa’s fierce rains chewed deeper into the Hope River’s banks, exposing foundations, toppling fences, and renewing longstanding fears that their homes and possessions could be lost. They are pleading for river training to protect their properties and prevent having to start their lives over elsewhere.
