Since weather systems caused the Chalky River to overflow its banks and dump mounds of silt into her yard as it flooded Weise Road in Bull Bay, St Andrew, in late October, Marsha Smart and her family have been relying on the charity of Good Samaritans.
Tropical Storms Eta and Zeta left the family of 14 trying to salvage clothes and furniture from the silt and debris washed into their home.
Although weeks have rolled by, Smart and her family are still getting much-needed assistance as they try to recover from the disaster.
As part of their Christmas outreach, the Mamby Park Baptist Church is making plans to assist Smart and her family with their recovery. They have also launched a fund specifically to help the residents of Weise Road.
Patricia Plummer stands in her home free of the debris that had filled every corridor when the Chalky River overflowed its banks in October.
Residents in the St Andrew East Rural communities of Shooters Hill and Weise Road are still in the recovery phase from the devastation caused by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Zeta in late October.
Mud-stained buildings, sunken homes, cracked walls, and loose stones sum up the wreckage, and as Christmas inches closer, they are yearning for assistance to get the ball rolling once more.
Landslides sent mud, rocks, and other debris crashing into Arlene Chandler-Morgan’s house, rendering it uninhabitable.