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Met Service on alert for possible weather system

The Meteorological Service Jamaica is closely monitoring the region amid projections that a weather system could develop some time next week which could affect Jamaica. Meteorologist Javed Hudson told The Gleaner a short while ago that at present,...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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