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Official Preliminary Report from Jamaica’s Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management.
IMPACT OF HURRICANE DEAN
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that, as at 5:00pm on Sunday, August 19th, a total of 191 shelters have been opened across the island, housing some 4,594 shelterees. Severely, affected parishes are as follows:
PARISH HAZARD
St. Thomas, Portland, St. Mary and St. Catherine
Substantial wind damage, storm surge and flooding
St. James, Kingston & St. Andrew
Severe wind damage and flooding
Clarendon Flooding
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM COMMUNITIES IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES:
1. St. Thomas:
Extensive damage has been reported from several communities within the parish of St. Thomas. Significant wind damage to roofs, storm surges, flooding, collapsed structures, impassable roadways are among the many reports.
2. St. James:
The community of Coral Gardens is severely affected by wind damage.
3. Kingston and St. Andrew:
Severe wind damage and downed power lines in the Riverton city area. Also, a fallen tree caused the collapse of a residential building in the Chambers Lane Area of Liganea, St. Andrew.
4. Clarendon:
Flooding has been reported from the Denbigh gully.
5. Portland:
Several roadways in Port Antonio, Manchioneal, Mount James and Mount Airy in Buff Bay are blocked.
6. St. Mary:
Several roadways from Junction to Broadgate are impassable due to fallen trees.
7. St. Catherine:
Storm surges have been reported along the Port Henderson road in Portmore rendering the roadway impassable along with roof damage in the communities of Naggo Head and Newland. The Newland Road is also impassable due to a fallen utility pole. Additionally, sections of the roadway have been eroded in Hellshire due to storm surges and rising water levels have been reported in Old Harbour forcing the evacuation of several persons.
DAMAGE TO CRITICAL FACILITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Telecommunications
Cellular telephone lines are down in sections of Portland, St. Mary, and Clarendon and there is currently no communication link with the parish of St. Thomas. Efforts are underway to re-establish communication links with St. Thomas as soon as possible.
2. Electricity
Well over 125,000 JPS customers are without power supply.
3. Water Supply
There have been reports of damage to water supply systems.