Gareth Davis - Several persons look at the damaged house in Windsor, West Portland following torrential rain.

Two people are now homeless after a section of their four bedroom concrete house collapsed at Windsor in West Portland following torrential rain, which pelted the eastern parish yesterday.

Fifty-eight-year-old Trevor Morrison Moore, one of the occupants of the house said he was lucky as he had just stepped out and was returning when the incident occurred.

"I was at home shortly after 7 o' clock yesterday morning," he said. "As a matter of fact, I was lying in bed during the heavy rainfall, but decided to run an errand. I had just got back, when I heard a rumbling and other strange sounds, and shortly after a section of the house tumbled over.Water from the roadway also flooded the house long before a section of the house broke away."

Moore, who is a tenant at the house, said since work was completed on the road which is close to the house, there has been flooding each time there is a heavy downpour.

concrete structure

An entire section of the concrete structure, which housed four bedrooms collapsed, after a major break-away took place at approximately 7:15 a.m Friday, after water from off the main road inundated the building, before continuing its path of destruction.

Meantime Councillor for the area, Gloria Silveria said other residents were affected as a result of the road improvement work which was recently done.

"This particular area is like a swimming pool, "she said. "Now that the rains have started, the shoddy work done by the road contractors are surfacing. On many occasion resident expressed concerns about the inadequacy of thenew drainage system put in by road contractors, who despite appeals, never listens to anyone."