Hurricane Sandy Brings Heavy Flooding To Jamaica

Hurricane Sandy tore down power lines and trees as it pounded Jamaica, before heading for Cuba and the Bahamas.

Schools and businesses were closed and authorities moved residents in low-lying, flood-prone areas into shelters amid steady rain and fierce winds.

Residents reported widespread power outages, flooded streets and some severely damaged homes.

One man was crushed to death by stones that fell from a hillside as he tried to get into his house in a rural village near Kingston, according to a police official.

Widespread flooding has been reported across Jamaica

Cruise ships changed their itineraries to avoid the storm, which made landfall five miles east of the capital and airports were closed.

Curfews were imposed on 80 communities in an attempt to prevent the looting which has followed previous storms.

Many people refused to evacuate their homes because they were fearful that their possessions would be stolen.

Officers said suspected looters shot and wounded a police official as he led a group through a volatile section of West Kingston called Craig Town.

Storm couds gather over Cuba as Sandy approaches

In some southern towns on Jamaica, a few crocodiles were caught in rushing floodwaters that carried them out of the mangrove thickets, into housing districts, local residents reported.

One large crocodile reportedly took up temporary residence in a family's front yard in the city of Portmore.

A hurricane warning was in effect for Cuba, where forecasters said Sandy was expected to make landfall as a Category One storm.

Sandy has dumped heavy rain on Jamaica and Cuba

Computer models show Sandy is likely to cross eastern Cuba before losing hurricane strength as it approaches the Bahamas. It is then forecast to become a hurricane again as it passes over the island chain.

"It is a big storm and it's going to grow in size after it leaves Cuba," said Michael Brennan, a hurricane forecaster at the National Hurricane Centre in Miami.

Sandy is expected to dump as much as 15 to 30cm of rain across parts of Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and eastern Cuba, with as much as 50cm possible in some places, forecasters said.

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