Hurricane season 2005 has turned out to be one of the busiest ever recorded. Although speared a direct hit by the many named storms Jamaica has had several close encounters which drenched the island and has left the earth super saturated. As a result any amount of rainfall even a drizzle is now causing flooding in many parts of the island. Another major concern is the number of landslides occurring along our main roadways.
Recently in Wakefield in Falmouth, Trelawny over 30 families had to be evacuated because of rising waters. After heavy rainfall on Monday night many roads were blocked by flooding. Sections of Junction main road in the vicinity of Grande Hole were also blocked from landslides. The Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine and the Castleton main roads were impassable.

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Approximately 200 persons were trapped along the Bog Walk Gorge between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning. Reports are that some motorists had crossed Flat Bridge going towards Linstead when they encountered rising waters. They then tried to return to Spanish Town but found themselves trapped by more rising water in the opposite direction. One car was swept away by the raging waters, no one was inside. Persons had to climb the hilly embankment to escape the rising waters.
While on the Castleton main road several persons were also trapped by landslides from Tuesday to about midday Wednesday. In Troja, St. Catherine a high school student was washed away by flood waters as he attempted to cross a fording. Over 50 students had to spend the night at the Troja High School as they were unable to get home because of the flooded roads.
As if that weren’t enough there is another tropical depression headed in our general direction. Tropical Depression 27, at this time is not forecasted to hit Jamaica directly. However we are expecting some amount of rain from the system.
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