Parottee residents unwilling to trade coastal roots for safer ground
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WESTERN BUREAU: Despite taking a battering from Category 5 Hurricane Melissa a year ago, some residents of coastal Parottee, St Elizabeth, remain reluctant to relocate, even as flood risks have rendered the community unsafe for continued residential use. For some residents, relocation is far from appealing. They fear losing their livelihoods, seeing hard-earned investments go to waste, and being separated from family ties forged over generations in a community where life revolves around the sea.
