Sev­en­ty-four-year-old An­tho­ny All­sop of Ma­yaro is ap­peal­ing for help af­ter his home of more than two decades was de­stroyed on Sun­day morn­ing when strong winds top­pled two large trees on­to the struc­ture.

All­sop, who has lived on the prop­er­ty for over 20 years, was not at home at the time. He said he was on his way from Ma­yaro Junc­tion when the dis­as­ter struck. “By the grace of God I wasn’t in­side. If I was, I don’t know what would have hap­pened,” he said.

His niece, Make­ba Leza­ma-Bap­tiste, said her un­cle is now dis­placed and in ur­gent need of as­sis­tance. “On Sun­day morn­ing, as you see, a tree from be­hind fell on the house. Two trees ac­tu­al­ly fell on the house. He has, I don’t want to say nowhere to live, but he is dis­placed. We are hop­ing that some­body out there could as­sist us by lend­ing a help­ing hand. My un­cle would great­ly ap­pre­ci­ate it, and so would I. If any­body could as­sist us with what­ev­er, whether it be labour, ma­te­ri­als, we would re­al­ly, re­al­ly be grate­ful.”