The video in the clip aboveshows a tree collapsing on a house in Jack’s Hill, St. Andrew. Another user, ‘Julio Carby’, filmed this clip on Monday after Dean, from the roof of the Island Life building in New Kingston, complete with an informative commentary. Meanwhile The Gleaner received its first video from a reader, filmed […]
A user, identifying his/herself only as ‘Courage’, sent us these photographs of the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. Thank you and for anybody else that has photographs of the storm and please include as much information as possible so we can better caption the photos with the ‘where and what happened’, not to mention the ‘who […]
The Metereological Service lifted its Hurricane Warnig for Jamaica at 1o a.m. this morning. The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has reported that two persons were confirmed dead from the parishes of Clarendon and St. Thomas. Blocked roads ODPEM says that a number of blocked roads have been reported from the Kingston […]
The Southern United States chapter of the Jamaican Diaspora together with the Jamaica Consulate General are coordinating emergency preparations for Jamaica in light of Hurricane Dean now approaching the Western Caribbean region. Several drop off points have been set up at designated churches and central points of community contact have been identified, including the following: […]
Election postponed Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall is expected today to announce a new date for the holding of the general election, following the unanimous recommendation by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) yesterday, to postpone the August 27 poll. Prime Minister of Jamaica defends emergency call The State of public emergency declared by Governor-General Professor […]
Daraine Luton, Gleaner Staff Reporter Jamaicans awoke today to scenes of destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean, which tore through sections of the island last night and claimed at least one life in Manchester. Photo by Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer: damage caused to a house in Central Kingston by a tree that was felled by Hurricane […]
The National Work Agency (NWA) said it will be trying to restore at least single lane traffic to the Palisadoes main road from east Kingston to Port Royal as quickly as possible. Photo by Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer: soldiers on patrol head down the Palisadoes main road today, which has been blocked with sand and silt swept […]
Angelo Laurence, Gleaner Writer Hurricane Dean has reportedly claimed the life of at least one person in Manchester. Unconfirmed reports out of Mandeville are that the man, a motorist at the time of his death, had the vehicle he was travelling in lifted and thrown against a utility pole by strong winds. The accident is […]
Francine Black, Gleaner Staff Reporter For the second time in three years, homes in Caribbean Terrace in East Kingston have been devastated by a major hurricane. Photo by Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer: this young man tries to make his way across the debris dumped on to the streets of Caribbean Terrace in Harbour View by […]
Arthur Green, Gleaner Writer The parish of St. Thomas has suffered severe devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. Photo by Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer: this section of the Mount Sanai main road in St. Thomas has sunk to about two and a half feet below its original level. Motorists were having a rough time […]
