Dwayne Mcleod, Gleaner Staff Reporter
While Hurricane Dean threatened to devastate parts of the island, residents of Port Royal in Kingston were left with one less source of help as the communities fire station was without the presence of a single fireman.
Port Royal is officially deemed a flood prone area and as such residents were urged [...]
Sajoune Rose, Gleaner Writer
Despite Jamaica being affected by at least four hurricanes in the last three years, many persons are still did not heeding evacuation warnings issued this time around.
Photo by Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer: Portmore HEART/NTA shelter in St. Catherine. This man was one of three men there at the shelter when The Gleaner arrived. He [...]
Earl Moxam, Senior Gleaner Writer
As Jamaica’s south east coast began feeling the first effects of Hurricane Dean this morning, a small group of Jamaicans were already having a far worse experience.
Urgent calls started coming in to the mainland from a small group of men and women marooned on the Pedro Cays, more than 50 miles to [...]
