Heavy rain prolonging Region Five flooding

Excavator clearing drainage canal in MMA district, Region Five canal (GINA photo)

Several Region Five communities are again flooded as a result of heavy rainfall over the past few days, GINA said today. The areas include Bushlot, Golden Grove, Lovely Lass, Onverwagt, Trafalgar and Tempe.

Frederick Flatts, Chief Executive Officer (ag) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) said that apart from the rainfall, the measures used to lessen flooding from water released by farmers previously, compounded the situation.