AS the Flash Flood Warning in effect for low-lying and flood prone areas across the island continues to influence weather conditions, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) wishes to remind the public that its telephone numbers are:

• 906-9476/5

• 754-9077/8

• Toll Free: 1-888-225-5637

• Fax: 754-3229

Casualties

• Five confirmed deaths

• Fourteen persons are reported missing across the parishes of St Elizabeth, St

• Catherine and the Kingston/St Andrew regions.

Critical

Education: All schools remain CLOSED today

Tourism: Tourism Emergency Operation Centre remains activated

Welfare: A total of 300 persons are in emergency shelters in the parishes of Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine, St James, St Mary and Westmoreland

Infrastructure – At least 49 primary and secondary roads islandwide have been impacted by landslide and flooding

Utilities

• Electricity: over 170,000 JPS customers are currently without electricity as a result of downed utility poles, broken conductors, and faults on the electricity network

• Water: a number of NWC customers are experiencing low pressure or no water as a result of the loss of electricity to NWC’s pumps

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