Water levels at Moraikobai and along the Mahaicony Creek in Region Five are rising again.
“Presently the water is rising again and the low-lying families are in a kind of threat,” Toshao of Moraikobai, Colin Adrian explained to Stabroek News yesterday.
He added that while there had been several cases of diarrhoea and fever, the people are coping and there has not been any major disease outbreaks.
While the water continues to rise due to the rainfall and water coming down from the backlands, Adrian noted that as it stands, there isn’t much that the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) can do to get rid of the floodwater. “I doubt they can do anything but wait until the water recedes and it’s a lot of water coming down and presently we are in the danger line,” he added.