Tropical Storm Nicole leaves 5 dead in Jamaica

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Emergency management officials in Jamaica said 14 people are still missing after Wednesday’s Tropical Storm Nicole, which killed at least 5 people there.

Schools were closed Thursday and more than 170,000 electrical customers were without electricity because of downed utility poles, broken conductors and faults on the electricity network, the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper reported.

About 300 people took refuge in emergency shelters in Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, St. James, St. Mary and Westmoreland parishes.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said his government will seek to identify affordable housing options for the thousands of poor islanders who risk their lives by illegally building ramshackle homes along paved gullies and other dangerous areas, The Associated Press reported.