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in September 1988. A contributing factor to the flooding was identified by residents as silt. Some of this comes from local quarries, particularly belonging to Jamaica Gypsum & Quarries Ltd., but local deforestation by residents seeking firewood was also a contributing factor. The dumping of
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The Ten Miles and Eleven Miles areas of Bull Bay are regularly subject to floods. Residents have lost livestock, personal belongings, cars, and houses. They also complained of increased problems with insects and pests, bad roads, and resultant health problems.
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on the border between St Andrew and St Thomas, beside Cow Bay. According to folklore, both bays were so named because cattle once roamed the whole area and were slaughtered to provide food for
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The floods in September 2002 followed heavy rainfall that month (3,500 millimetres; 140 in), due to
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Sun Coast Adventure Park – Jamaica's first and largest paintball facility
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known as Bobo Hill. The area also contains several nightclubs.
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is composed of relatively hard and impervious rock structures.
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and English colonists. Industry in the area includes
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