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Unstable land causes anxiety for seniors in crumbling house

Nov 3rd, 2022 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 7:24
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#jamaicagleaner #StMary #ZionHill #TropicalStorm #Rainfall #Landslide NOVEMBNER 3, 2022: As Jamaica was placed under tropical storm watch earlier this week, elderly couple Basil and Mavis Solomon stood in their cracking house in the Zion Hill, St Mary, praying and hoping that it would not slide away if pelted by heavy rains and winds. The pensioners say that about a decade ago, they started seeing small cracks in the walls of the house, and as time passed by, they discovered that the cause was a landslip slowly occurring on their property based on the Barracks River Road’s breakaway.

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