Marcia Willard of Bogle Avenue in Albion ponders what to do next, after the hurricane damaged the roof of her six-bedroom house. All her furniture was drenched.

It's been said that St. Thomas is one of the parishes that got the worst of what Hurricane Dean had to offer. The winds and rains associated with the monster Category Four hurricane did a great deal of damage to almost every community in the eastern parish. A Gleaner team went across St. Thomas yesterday to see how residents were coping, four days after they were hit.

Almost all the banana plants at Eastern Banana Estates Limited were flattened by the hurricane. - photos by Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer

Small farmer Tilford Bennett of West Albion works to restore his farm that was ravaged during the hurricane.

Little Joneil Bennett sits in front of his house, in Golden Grove, that was destroyed on Sunday.

Workmen spent yesterday trying to restore the Yallahs ford that once again crumbled when the river came a calling.

Lawrence Lawson of Duhaney Pen sits with a forlorn look on his face at the now empty spot that his house occupied before Hurricane Dean took it away on Sunday.

Barbara Adamson of Easington points to the little that's left of her house. The hurricane winds toppled the structure and damaged everything inside. She's now staying with friends.

Workmen from the Jamaica Public Service attend to utility poles in Heartease that were damaged during the hurricane.

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