(Jamaica Gleaner) – At least nine people are feared dead as rains which lashed Jamaica over the last 48 hours took its toll.
Two farmers from St Elizabeth have been added to six other persons from the Corporate Area who are believed to have lost their lives after their house collapsed in the Sandy Gully in Barbican.
And there are reports that a man was washed away near the Harbour View bridge.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said yesterday that it had received preliminary reports that the rain has claimed the lives of at least two St Elizabeth farmers.
The ministry said the farmers who are from Flagaman, in the parish were washed away.