Fairfield ward councillor, Audrey-Marie Yates, was visiting family in Jamaica when Hurricane Ivan hit the Caribbean island.
Councillor Yates managed to contact a council colleague, despite the continuing communication problems, to say that she was fine.
Coun Yates has stayed on the holiday island to help her family and other villagers with the relief effort after most of the buildings were levelled.
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