Experiencing its biggest flood in years, sections of St Cuthbert’s Mission remained swamped yesterday—a week after rains dumped inches of water on the community.
The floodwaters are slowly receding, the village’s Toshao Ernest Dundas said yesterday. On Tuesday, Chief Hydromet Officer Bhaleka Seulall had reported that in the preceding 72 hours, St Cuthbert’s Mission recorded 311.3 mm of accumulated water. St Cuthbert’s Mission is located in the upper reaches of the Mahaica River in Region Four.
Dundas said yesterday that the flood was the biggest experienced by the village in years and farms as well as homes were flooded. He said crops and personal