Residents living in communities along the Mahaicony Creek, repeatedly flooded over the last month, are considering moving from the area as some fear that the water may take another month to recede.
The communities along the waterway had been under high levels of water ever since La Nina took aim at low lying areas along Guyana’s coast this year. However, persistent rainfall since February 20, coupled with water released via the Maduni and Lama sluices from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) twice within the past two weeks have seen several homes and farmlands swamped.
During a visit to the communities along the Mahaicony Creek yesterday, farmers there told Stabroek News that flood waters have many of them contemplating