The National Works Agency (NWA) is urging road users to exercise extreme caution, especially in flooded areas, as the island continues to experience heavy rainfall.

This call by the agency follows the death of a motorist in St. Mary at the weekend.

It is reported that 51-year-old Hansel Shea of Richmond in St. Mary, attempted to cross a flooded section of the Marlborough parochial road when his vehicle was washed away.

The section of the corridor has a ford, which is a feature along a road where stormwater flows, especially in high-intensity rainfall, potentially rendering the road impassable.

Communication Manager at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, noted the impact on several roads across the island and urges road users to be careful.

Meantime, the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine is now passable.

A section of the roadway was obstructed yesterday by a boulder, reducing the roadway to single-lane use.

Northern parishes are to experience heavy rainfall and thunderstorms until midweek.

The Met Office says a persistent stationary front is producing a large area of cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms across the north central Caribbean.

The system has stalled just north of Jamaica, and observational data indicates that rainfall occurred across northern parishes over the weekend and is expected to continue through to the middle of this week.

The current forecast is for cloudy conditions with periods of showers and thunderstorms that could be heavy at times, affecting sections of northern parishes until midweek.

Furthermore, strong gusty winds are expected across northern parishes during this time due to the presence of a low-level jet stream across the north central Caribbean.

Fishers and other marine interests, especially those inshore and offshore the north coast, are urged to exercise caution as sea conditions will deteriorate in the vicinity of thundershowers and strong gusty winds.