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Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
published: Sunday | July 10, 2005

Tales of terror
HOUSES SET sail down the Mammee River, St. Andrew about one o'clock Friday morning, giving homeowners only minutes to grab what they could and dive for safer ground ­ literally.

Cheaters of death
A FAMILY of six was almost crushed to death on Thursday night after relentless rainfall associated with Hurricane Dennis sent chunks of river stones unto their property.


Portland punished
THE PASSING of Hurricane Dennis dealt punishing blows to the parish of Portland. But it was St. Thomas that took a terrible thumping from the relentless rainfall and wicked winds associated with the category two system.


'Dennis' devastates
IT WAS a garish scene of destruction and desperation mixed with a tinge of hopelessness in 11 Miles Bull Bay, St. Thomas Friday as residents swamped the streets after being washed out by flood rains ...


Carib suffers Dennis' wrath
WHILE MAKING preparations for an 'in-your-face' encounter with Hurricane Dennis this weekend, Jamaicans in Florida still had time to think about their homeland and want to do what they can to help persons here who have been affected by the hurricane.


Families still under threat after passage of hurricane
WESTERN BUREAU: NINETEEN PERSONS including a month-old baby at Unity district in Bunker's Hill, Trelawny, were dislocated by floodwaters during the passage of Hurricane Dennis, when persistent rainfall pelted the area on Thursday.


Beware of crocodiles!
THE NATIONAL Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising the public to exercise extreme caution in areas close to swamps, wetlands and gullies due to the recent heavy rains and flooding caused by Hurricane Dennis.


Normalcy returning to St Ann
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: LIFE IS returning to normal for some St. Ann residents, especially in the Cave Valley area where they had to abandon their home since Thursday as a result of flooding associated with Hurricane Dennis.

















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