Jamaica: The sections in Jamaica was hard hit by the flash flooding following incessant rainfall due to the ongoing Atlantic Hurricane Season 2024 on Tuesday evening.
The areas such as St Catherine, Spanish Town, Morrison Street, Young Streets and some parts of St John’s Road were filled with rainwater, causing disruptions to the traffic. The vehicles across these areas have been stalled and the flow of the people from one place to another has suddenly disappeared.
People have parked their motor vehicles on the sides of the roads with an intent to wait for the running off the water from the area.
According to the instructions from the authorities, the motorists have diverted their route to their houses. The flow of the traffic has been asked to use the route of Red Pond community to avoid the flooding situation.
The citizens expressed their disappointment with the situation and asked, ”Are they going to experience such situation till November 30 which is the long period, how we are going to survive when after next three days, we have been stopped due to the rainfall, thunderstorms and even with the wind.”
Due to the heavy rainfall, the shelters of the people have been filled with water and some of the citizens used piazzas for accommodation. Even the businesses and the shops have been shut down due to the risk of flooding in the Old Capital.
The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season started on June 1, 2024, and will run through November 30, 2024. It has also been predicted to remain above average with the chances of 15 to 20 hurricanes, out of which 6 would remain major.
Jamaica has been hard hit by Beryl– the first hurricane of the season, causing the disruptions to the lifestyle and loss of the infrastructure. The entire situation has been posing threat to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean as on Tuesday itself, earthquake has shattered the countries in the region.
Jamaica and Dominica were majorly on the radar as quake of magnitude 3.7 and the epicentre was located approx 10 kilometres of Hope Bay, Portland. The tremors were felt in Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine.
