YALLAHS, ST THOMAS:

The parish of St Thomas continues to suffer from the destruction left in the wake of Tropical Storm Gustav.

As the country comes to grips with the massive rehabilitation bill, the eastern end of the island is very close to being declared a disaster zone, with many primary and secondary roads rendered impassable and unusable.

While some main arterial roadways have been cleared and single-lane vehicular traffic is possible, a large number of roads, central to communities, are still inundated for one reason or another.

In Cedar Valley, landslides have blocked the Bethel Gap to Whiteford and Mahogany Vale to Windsor Forest Roads. In Dalvey, the Holland Town Road is impassable, so is the Spring Peace/Baileys Peace Road in Trinityville.

Over in Bath, the Sunning Hill to Red Hills Road and Sunning Hill to Balankey are also rendered unusable.

Pen Line Castle and Spring Bank roads along the Blue Mountain range have also been cut off.