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HELP COMING FOR PERSONS IN ST. JAMES AFFECTED
BY HURRICANE IVAN
A Welfare Committee being administered by the Ministry of Labour
and Social Security is now taking steps to respond to individuals in
St. James who are affected by Hurricane Ivan.
Teams have been dispatched from the Ministry's Western Office,
St. James Poor Relief Department at the St. James Parish Council and
Social Development Commission to carry out an assessment of the
areas of need, in order that the necessary response can be
forthcoming.
The Welfare Committee has twenty-one (21) days to complete its
investigation. In the interim, food items and temporary shelters are
being provided for affected persons.
At a Special Meeting of the St. James Parish Council on September
14, provisions were put in place to alleviate the suffering of the
158 persons who are still in emergency shelters across the parish.
This is down from the 2834 persons who had sought refuge in 43
emergency shelters during Hurricane Ivan.
ROADS
Several main and parochial roads which were blocked by trees and
downed power lines making them impassable have been cleared. Teams
from the St. James Parish Council, National Works Agency, National
Solid Waste Management Authority and the Fire Department cleared
roads in downtown Montego Bay, on the outskirts of the City and in
rural St. James.
FLOODING
Flooding was reported in Kirkpatrick (Sign), Lima, Barnett River
(in the vicinity of Irwin), Catherine Hall, Chelsea, Bogue Main
Road, Green Pond Main Road, Vaughnsfield.
LANDSLIDE
Landslides were reported in Amity Hall, Johns Hall through to
Flamstead. Landslides in Tangle River caused the main road in that
community to be completely cut-off from Flamstead Gardens.
Sixty-nine (69) persons were affected by the Tangle River landslide,
which destroyed 5 houses and the Baptist Church in the area.
There were no reports of deaths or major injuries to persons in
the parish. Several homes and businesses lost their roof or were
damaged by fallen trees. Minor infrastructural damage at some hotels
in the tourist resort of Montego Bay was reported.
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