Near miss... But 'Dennis' floods roads, sends thousands to shelters
NEARLY 2,000 persons are now being housed in shelters due to rising waters triggered by torrential rains influenced by Hurricane Dennis. The centre of the hurricane passed some 60 kilometres off the north-eastern coast of the island on its way to Cuba...
Dozens killed in London blasts - Worst terrorist attack on English soil
LONDON, (Reuters): FOUR BLASTS tore through packed London underground trains and a bus yesterday, killing at least 37 people in the British capital's deadliest peacetime attack and disrupting a summit of world leaders.
Portland cops on high alert - Preparations to evacuate dilapidated stations
WHILE HUNDREDS of Jamaicans were busy battening down for Hurricane Dennis yesterday, scores of police personnel were on high alert in Portland, getting ready to evacuate the dilapidated police stations in the parish...
Preparing for the worst - St Thomas before 'Dennis'
GATHERED AROUND a huge mound of river rocks and sand in the middle of the water-broken Yallahs Ford in St. Thomas yesterday, a small group of residents contemplated many 'what ifs?' as they looked beyond the surrounding mountains...
HURRICANE KEEPS DISASTER SHELTERS BUSY
CLARENDON: This parish, which suffered most from the gales of Hurricane Ivan last September, was at the receiving end of Dennis' early gusts yesterday. Aleith James, a member of the relief team there, told The Gleaner that 446 persons...
Hundreds of families housed in shelters
St. Ann: AS HURRICANE Dennis battered the north coast of the island yesterday, evacuation orders were issued for residents of Pagee in Port Maria , St. Mary. Meantime, the Annotto Bay fire station was relocated from the town to the Gray's Inn Sports...
Baugh's funeral rescheduled
THE FUNERAL service for Cecil Archibald Baugh, OJ, OD, Jamaica's Master Potter, which should have been held yesterday, has been rescheduled due to Hurricane Dennis.
'Dennis' costs hotels
WESTERN BUREAU: REGARDLESS OF Hurricane Dennis' material impact on Jamaica, the island is still expected to take a major financial battering on account of the loss of projected revenue from the travel and hotel sector.
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