An Atlanta family’s dream vacation has turned into a nightmare after Hurricane Beryl stormed through Jamaica during their stay. 

“They’re depressed, my kids are depressed,” said Atlanta mom Tawanda Jones.

She and five of her family members have been staying at the Jewel Grande resort in Montego Bay. Now they’ve been stranded in Jamaica by Beryl. Jones took video of flooding on their hotel room balcony as the storm barreled through the island Wednesday. And their resort has been without power ever since. 

“It’s like 80 to 90 degrees in [our] room, and it’s scorching hot. Your nose is sweating, everything is sweating,” Jones said. 

She says they’ve tried to leave the windows open to cool off the room, but mosquitoes then swarm inside. 

“So we’re getting ate up, I tried to do that last night and I got so many bites on my legs, so I’m not doing that tonight, I’m not gonna do it,” Jones said.   

She also shared video with us of a pitch black hotel room once the sun went down.

The family was supposed to fly back on July 4th, but Delta Air Lines canceled their flight and said the soonest they could rebook them was on Monday. 

“And I told her I’m a registered nurse. I can’t be off of work this long and not be able to go back, and we have a special needs daughter with cerebral palsy and deaf, and we left her with someone to watch her while we were gone. And they have to go back to work,” Jones said.  

To make matters worse, she says the resort is trying to charge them for the extra days they’re staying there. 

“$176 per person and there’s six of us,” Jones said.  

Jones feels she’s almost at her wit’s end.

“I didn’t budget that in…and the kids have nothing to do, and I’m worried about what they’re gonna be charging me in the end, I just can’t,” Jones said.   

She said she’s still working to get an earlier flight back.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The City of Atlanta is trying to tackle persistent water main breaks that continue to pop up.

Atlanta City Council members are days away from a meeting to discuss serious solutions.

On Friday, the Department of Watershed Management said it was investigating another potential water main incident off Woodland Avenue. The city said this incident could result in water disruption for residents and businesses in the area.

Service to several Buckhead apartment complexes was restored Thursday night following a water main break.

The city said that the break happened at the intersection of Lakeside Drive NE and Kingsboro Road NE.

About a month ago, a series of water main breaks in Atlanta disrupted water service, bringing businesses and simple everyday functions to a halt for some residents

But the city is hoping to address repairs and ongoing water issues.

The City Utilities Committee will hold a work session on water main break repairs on Tuesday, July 9.

The announcement also states during the work session the committee will discuss plans for preventing similar disruptions in the future.

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The Atlanta Braves announced they’re calling up outfielder Eli White, highlighting a series of roster moves ahead of their series with the Philadelphia Phillies. 

In coinciding moves, they have optioned outfielder Forrest Wall to Triple-A and moved lefty Ray Kerr to the 60-day injured list. 

With the way the Braves offense has been struggling, they’re ready to try something new. 

In 53 games with the Gwinnett Stripers, White has batted .289 with a .864 OPS, seven home runs and 28 RBIs. 

White is coming off a big-time performance on July 3, when he had a six-hit game with two home runs and seven RBIs against the St. Paul Saints, accounting for one-third of the offensive showing in a 21-6 routing. 

White has previously played 136 MLB games, including six with the Braves win 2023. In that small sample size with the Braves, he tallied one hit in 14 at-bats (.071) and reached base two other times via the walk. 

He’s earned another shot with the recent production in Gwinnett, and perhaps he could end up being a missing piece to the Braves offensive puzzle.

Wall heads back to Triple-A after a mediocre showing in 13 games for the Braves. He batted .241 with an OPS+ of 60 with zero extra-base hits. 

Anderson Begins Rehab Assignment 

The Braves also announced that infielder Brian Anderson will begin his rehab assignment Friday night in Triple-A. 

Anderson has been out with a bacterial infection since late June. He spent the bulk of this season with the Mariners’ Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers before being released and signing with the Braves on June 4. 

Anderson has had five at-bats with the Braves this season, going hitless. 

The once-promising infielder for the Marlins, who finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting in 2018, has struggled with injuries and at the plate when healthy the last two seasons.