They told Stabroek News that poor drainage in the area resulted in the water taking a long time to recede. Nearby villages were also affected by flooding but the water drained off quickly.
Daphne Taylor, 68, said she woke up around 6:30 am to find knee-deep water in her kitchen in the lower flat. She was worried that her freezer which was in the floodwaters would be damaged as well as her stove and furniture.
The woman said her “rice and sugar buckets fell in the water” and now she is in more expense. She had to “borrow a stove to cook upstairs.”
Bernard Johnson and his wife were standing in their veranda looking at their flooded yard. A resident was standing on the road talking to them.
He was having a difficult time locating their bridge and had to change his mind about entering.
Johnson said he and his family were also unable to leave their home via the bridge and had to walk through the back of the yard to get out.
A farmer, Julian Douglas was afraid he might lose his crop and said his produce which included red beans, muskmelon and ochro was under water. (Shabna Ullah
