The entire community of Cave Valley in St Ann is underwater on Friday (August 27) as floods associated with Tropical Storm Ida continue to rise.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in a public advisory, said that several other areas have been severely impacted islandwide.

Affected areas include:

• Hanover, along the Pondside main road heading to the town of Cascade. Alternative routes according to the JCF are the Lucea to Jericho main road as well as Mosquito Cove to Jericho.

• Manchester, along the Winston Jones Highway. The police advise use of the Royal Flat main road as an alternate route.

• Clarendon, at the Alston main road in Spaulding and St Thomas, where Ness Castle to Hagley Gap is currently impacted.

For their part, the National Works Agency is strongly urging motorists to stay away from the Bog Walk Gorge as the Rio Cobre is already flowing over Flat Bridge.

Other areas of concern

Spaulding to Cave Valley in the parish of Clarendon. Rockfalls are affecting the thoroughfare and conditions are extremely dangerous at this time.

Reduced to single lane traffic is the Nine Miles to Alston main road, which straddles St Ann and Manchester.

The Alston to Aenon Town is blocked at this time. Also blocked are the routes Top Silent Hill to Christianna; Christiana to Devon; as well as the Winston Jones Highway in the vicinity of Russell Place.

Additionally, the main road from Laughton to Lorimers in St Ann is impassable, the NWA reports, as it is blocked by a landslide.

In the Corporate Area, reports have slowly trickled in of affected roads, particularly along Charlemont Drive where a section of the roadway has already collapsed.

A flash flood warning activated by the Jamaica Meteorological Service on Thursday remains unchanged until 5:00 pm today.

Our Today will provide further updates as information becomes available.