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Councillor: St Thomas community could be washed away

Residents of Seaforth in St Thomas are appealing to the authorities to action promises of river-training works to be carried out at the Johnson and Negro rivers in the parish. They fear that if this is not done immediately, then the 2021 hurricane...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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