1.   In the central parish of Clarendon, an undisclosed number of people also lost their homes in the low-lying villages.

2.   The rains, which began Wednesday afternoon, soaked the south and central parishes of St. Catherine, Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth, the office said.

3.   The strike affected the Frome refinery in the western parish of Westmoreland, Monymusk in the central parish of Clarendon and Bernard Lodge in eastern St. Catherine.

4.   Two people were rescued by marine police after their sailboat got caught on rocks off the central parish of Paget, he said.