Rain spells nightmare for Grants Pen News Jamaica Gleaner


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Though heavy rainfall is often referred to as showers of blessings, business owners in Grants Pen, St Thomas, may not quite agree. Maybe years ago they would have welcomed the bursting of the clouds but since work on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project began in their area, the people of the small community have grown fearful of the rainy season. Their reason is simple. When it rains, it floods. A day after Tropical Storm Elsa passed over the parish, co-owner of the Total Experience Bar in Grants Pen, Anthony Irving, could be seen shovelling silt from the front of...