Five roadways, however, remained blocked in two of the parishes.

Manager of communication and customer services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, said teams from the agency have been out since early yesterday morning, reopening the affected corridors.

He said, however, that the roadways from Grandy Hole to Golden Valley, Rio Nuevo to Lambkin Hill and Montreal to Top Derry in St Mary remain impassable. The White Hall main road in the parish was also impassable.

Shaw said that heavy equipment was working to get the Grandy Hole and Rio Nuevo roadways reopened before the end of yesterday. Sections of the Montreal and White Hall main roads have collapsed and will require a medium- to long-term solution.

Detour route

He noted that a detour route has been created for the White Hall main road, while efforts will be made over the next few days to carry out temporary works on the Montreal corridor.

In Portland, the roadway from Seaman's Valley to Mill Bank is now impassable.

The NWA communications manager said efforts were being made to engineer a temporary solution for the persons who use this roadway, which is without an alternative.

In the meantime, the NWA continues to monitor the stretch from Balcarres to Wakefield where landslides have been repeatedly blocking the roadway for the last two days.

Shaw said the NWA hopes to have all affected roadways in St Thomas fully reopened by Thursday. Six road sections were either blocked or reduced to single lane in the parish. All the corridors have been opened to at least single-lane access.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Service yesterday extended a flash-flood warning for the parishes of St Mary, St Thomas, Portland and St Ann until 5 this morning.