At least thirty residents from Easington, St Thomas

have been forced out of their homes due to heavy rains.

The rains associated with the outer bands of Eta, now downgraded

to a tropical storm, have forced residents in the community to take refuge at

the Easington Primary School.

According to the St Thomas Municipal Corporation that

visited the school, the residents were provided with food and water.

It is unclear how long the residents will remain at

the location but it could be for the rest of the week with rains expected to

continue until Friday.

Many

roads in the parish are impassable, with no information from the National Works

Agency on scheduled clearing activities.

“Morant Bay to Port Morant, Pleasant Hill to Hector’s

River, Bath to Hordley and Hordley to Haining, St Thomas. Landslide impacting road

from Gayle to Labrinth, St Mary at Hill 60,” said the NWA on Twitter.

The

Met Service said a flash flood warning remains in place for low-lying and

flood prone areas of northeastern and southern parishes until 5:00 pm on

Thursday.

 Showers associated with the outer bands of hurricane are expected to impact the island until Sunday.

At 4:00 pm, Eta’s center was located near latitude 13.9 degrees north, longitude 85.7 degrees west and moving towards the west near 11 km/h.

Eta is to expected to weaken as

it moves over Honduras