JAMAICANS are being encouraged to turn out in their numbers today, Wednesday, May 17, to get their blood pressure checked at various locations islandwide as the world marks World Hypertension Day,.
Gisborne remains cut off this evening - roads are closed all around it - after heavy rain battered the region, causing slips and widespread flooding.
The sun was shining for most of the day but slip after slip still covers the roads all over the region.
Residents are now bracing for even more downpours.
Our reporter Tom Kitchin and camera operator Angus Dreaver took a trip around.
Ahipara fire under control, evacuated residents still not allowed to return home
29 Dec, 2020 09:13 PM
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Far North Mayor John Carter says the fire in Ahipara, which forced the evacuation of about 100 houses last night, is a warning about just how dry Northland is. This is a warning to us. Fortunately we ve got away without loss of life, loss of property or injury, but every resident and every visitor to Northland has a responsibility to make sure this sort of thing doesn t happen again. It s a massive warning.
The fire has burnt through 56ha of scrub and native bush.
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