Near riot at toll plaza
PANDEMONIUM ERUPTED at the Vineyards Toll Plaza in Bushy Park, St. Catherine, yesterday as angry motorists and defiant staff clashed after a decision to suspend toll services.

New Haven, but old hell
THE FAMILIAR stories of houses being flooded on Riverside Drive in St. Andrew surfaced again yesterday from the mud and grime that have made life hell for New Haven residents.

Rains pound Irish Town
FOR WHAT seemed like an eternity, Devon McFarlane sat in his car, staring helplessly at the mud-splattered road that leads to his home in Irish Town, where his girlfriend and 12-year-old daughter were waiting.

Hurricane whips Clarendon roads
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: A SECTION of the Christiana to Spaldings main road in Manchester collapsed as Hurricane Wilma lashed the island with heavy, continual rain yesterday.

Cruise plans washed out - Hurricane rains on Carnival's parade
WESTERN BUREAU: TOUR OPERATORS in western Jamaica are counting their losses as the Carnival Conquest cruise ship has cancelled its weekly call to Montego Bay because of inclement weather triggered by Hurricane Wilma.

Pothole plague
THE ONSLAUGHT of heavy rainfall across flood-prone communities islandwide, since last week, has left several major roadways littered with huge potholes. Among the list of damaged roadways in the Corporate Area...

'Wilma' kills 10 in Haiti
MIAMI (AP/Reuters): WICKED WILMA triggered mudslides that killed up to 10 people in Haiti as the hurricane strengthened rapidly last night and headed for the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward storm-weary Florida.