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In Jamaica, three men and a woman were confirmed dead. They were discovered after being washed up by the flood waters in the storm, said Desmond McKenzie, Jamaica's minister of Local Government and Community Development. About three-quarters of the country lost electricity overnight. Richard Vernon, mayor of Montego Bay, told the BBC that half of the city had been cut off from the other by floods. He said the priority is to "check if everybody is alive". A resident in St Elizabeth sheltering in her four-bedroom home described the moment her roof blew off. Gordon Swaby, a businessman in Kingston, told the BBC that his first cousin's house was completely destroyed. His cousin - who he declined to name - recently moved from the United States to her "dream" house by the sea in the upscale Crane Road area. She lost the entire concrete structure and everything in it. "She wanted a different kind of life," Gordon said. "She chose the area because she loves the sea, so this is really devastating." Devastation was evident on Wednesday across central Jamaica. The city of Mandeville was flattened and the main road through town was littered with debris. Foliage was stuck to everything, and bits of building material were scattered along the road. Clean-up is expected to take months. Pia Chevallier, who is on holiday in Jamaica, said she felt "sick with worry" during the storm overnight. "The windows didn't stop vibrating."
