Several villages in Regions Five and Six remained under floodwater yesterday following heavy and persistent rain, with some West Berbice residents fearing that they would suffer losses to their cash crops.
Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy last evening said that the eastern regions of Guyana had received the highest rainfall in the lat 24 hours. He said that “The Hydrometeorological Service as at 08:00hrs on January 29, 2012 received reports from a number of its rainfall stations across the country. These reports give the total accumulated rainfall between 8:00 hrs Saturday January 28 and 8:00 hrs Sunday January 29 2012. Data collected so far indicated that many stations along the coast and near Inland locations exceeded 100mm in 24 hours. The highest recorded rainfall was 172.6 mm which was reported at New Amsterdam in Region 6. Other values exceeding the 100 mm are as follows: 152.3 mm was reported at Friendship Buxton, 125.4 mm at Enterprise, both in Region 4; 138.4 mm at Pine Ground, 116.2 mm at Wash Clothes, 100.0 mm at Bara Bara, 152 mm at Bush Lot and 106.0 at Foulis and 136.6mm at D’ Edward Village, all in Region 5.”
He said the outlook over the next 48 hours indicates that the current conditions will be sustained with “light to moderate intermittent rainfall”. He said that rainfall quantities are likely to