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Tropical Storm – Caribean Area – Jamaica

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EDIS Number: TC-20100930-27999-JAM
Date / time: 30/09/2010 03:24:24 [UTC]
Event: Tropical Storm
Area: Caribean Area
Country: Jamaica
State/County: Capital City
City: Kingston
Number of Deads: 7 persons
Number of Injured: None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:

Short-lived Tropical Storm Nicole triggered flash flooding that killed at least nine people in Jamaica and dumped heavy rain on Florida, Cuba, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas on Wednesday. In Jamaica, the storm triggered floods that drowned two elderly men, a teenage boy and a family of six. A man in his seventies drowned in the village of Unity, north of Kingston, and a 68-year-old man drowned in the southwest Jamaican town of Flagaman. Both were trying to walk home from village pubs when they were swept off by rising waters. Police said a house occupied by a family of seven collapsed near the U.S. Embassy in the Liguanea area northeast of Kingston. A boy was rescued after neighbors rushed to his aid but six members of his family were carried off by floodwaters and were confirmed to have drowned. A 17-year-old boy was washed away and killed while trying to cross a river in Harbour View, east of the capital. Several roads were blocked by mudslides and standing water, bridges collapsed and farmers lost crops and livestock. More than 300,000 households -- 40 percent of public electricity customers -- were without power in Jamaica.

Event updates:
Situation Update No. 1 on 30.09.2010 at 03:34:18.