FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages 06/02 - JAMAICA (3 June)
Heavy rains during the last week of May, resulting in flooding and landslides, have caused damage to rural housing and infrastructure. A number of victims is reported while some of the affected population has been forced to leave their homes. Some losses are also reported to crops, particularly bananas, and to livestock. The most affected areas are the parishes of Clarendom, Manchester and St. Catherine, followed by Kingston, St. Thomas, St. Ann, Portland and St. Elizabeth, in the south and southeast of the country.