Continuous heavy rains Tuesday night into Wednesday
morning have wreaked havoc in the community of Troja in St. Catherine.
Travel to and from the community has been hampered by several land slippages.
Residents were forced to resort to trudging through dense vegetation to go about their business.
As a result of the land slippages, students of the Troja Primary and Junior High school were unable to get to school.
Several heavy duty vehicles have been trying to remove the blockades to allow residents to get out of the area.
NWA working to clear roads
In the meantime, teams from the National Works Agency (NWA) are busy trying to clear blocked roads in St. Catherine and St. Mary.
Stephen Shaw, the NWA's Communication and Customer Services Manager, says the roadblocks are due to heavy overnight rains.
"The road from Natural Bridge to Troja is impassable so too the road from Williamsfield to Gobay.
Several parochial roads are also impassable ... the Hairwood to Johncrow Spring, so too the Troja to Retirement road and the road from Jumbos to Pond."
Mr. Shaw added that the NWA is working to clear roads in St. Mary which have been lashed by rain since the weekend.
"In St. Mary, we're now attempting to reopen the Bellefield Road and we're working on the corridor from Rio Nuevo to Lankin Hill."
Port Maria Primary to reopen Thursday
Meanwhile, the Port Maria Primary school in St. Mary, which was closed as result of flooding caused by the recent heavy rains, is due to re-open on Thursday.
Principal Vivenne Irvin told RJR News that classes for students from grade two to six will resume Thursday.
However, she noted that the students will need to enter from the infant school gate, as the entrance to the Primary school is still blocked with silt and mud.
Students in grade one will resume classes on Monday, as that block of the school is still being cleaned.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING extended
The Met Service has extended the FLASH FLOOD WARNING for St. Ann, St. Mary, Portland and St. Thomas until 5 o'clock Thursday
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING means that flooding has been reported or will occur shortly.
The persistent Trough over the central Caribbean continues to influence weather conditions over Jamaica.
Frequent periods of showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecasted over mainly northern parishes, through Thursday.
Flash flooding of low lying and flood prone areas is therefore expected.
Travel to and from the community has been hampered by several land slippages.
Residents were forced to resort to trudging through dense vegetation to go about their business.
As a result of the land slippages, students of the Troja Primary and Junior High school were unable to get to school.
Several heavy duty vehicles have been trying to remove the blockades to allow residents to get out of the area.
NWA working to clear roads
In the meantime, teams from the National Works Agency (NWA) are busy trying to clear blocked roads in St. Catherine and St. Mary.
Stephen Shaw, the NWA's Communication and Customer Services Manager, says the roadblocks are due to heavy overnight rains.
"The road from Natural Bridge to Troja is impassable so too the road from Williamsfield to Gobay.
Several parochial roads are also impassable ... the Hairwood to Johncrow Spring, so too the Troja to Retirement road and the road from Jumbos to Pond."
Mr. Shaw added that the NWA is working to clear roads in St. Mary which have been lashed by rain since the weekend.
"In St. Mary, we're now attempting to reopen the Bellefield Road and we're working on the corridor from Rio Nuevo to Lankin Hill."
Port Maria Primary to reopen Thursday
Meanwhile, the Port Maria Primary school in St. Mary, which was closed as result of flooding caused by the recent heavy rains, is due to re-open on Thursday.
Principal Vivenne Irvin told RJR News that classes for students from grade two to six will resume Thursday.
However, she noted that the students will need to enter from the infant school gate, as the entrance to the Primary school is still blocked with silt and mud.
Students in grade one will resume classes on Monday, as that block of the school is still being cleaned.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING extended
The Met Service has extended the FLASH FLOOD WARNING for St. Ann, St. Mary, Portland and St. Thomas until 5 o'clock Thursday
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING means that flooding has been reported or will occur shortly.
The persistent Trough over the central Caribbean continues to influence weather conditions over Jamaica.
Frequent periods of showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecasted over mainly northern parishes, through Thursday.
Flash flooding of low lying and flood prone areas is therefore expected.
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