Several roads in Clarendon impassable
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May 15, 2017

Several roads in Clarendon impassable

CLARENDON, Jamaica — The police are advising motorists to avoid the following roadways in Clarendon as they have been rendered impassable due to flooding resulting from heavy rains:

*Ballards River main road

*Pennants main road

*Green River main road

*Ettrick Hall

*Commissary main road

*19 Miles main road

The police also advised that Bombay in Manchester is also rendered impassable due to landslides and flooding.

Clarendon and Manchester were among 10 parishes where a Flash Flood Warning was earlier issued by the Meteorological Service.The Flash Flood Warning is in place for low-lying and flood prone areas of St Mary, Portland, St Thomas, Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine, Clarendon, Manchester, St Elizabeth and Westmoreland.Hanover, St James, Trelawny, and St Ann have been put on Flash Flood Watch. The warning was issued this morning after heavy rains and winds left many areas waterlogged overnight.

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