Flash flood watch maintained, as rains continue for third weekend

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Flash flood watch maintained, as rains continue for third weekend

Most parishes will continue to experience intermittent showers and isolated thunderstorms until this afternoon, as a trough continues to generate unstable weather across the western Caribbean. The Meteorological Service ...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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