Two families are now counting their losses after a storm swatted their houses at Number 36 Village, Corentyne destroying their roofs and other sections.
Diane Razack, 41, explained that her eldest son was in the backyard when he noticed a “ball of wind” coming towards the house. “He run come inside and tell we and my husband did sleeping and by time that, it meet”.
The woman said the roof of her two-storey house was damaged along with sections of the concrete wall. Added to that, heavy rain then came, damaging some of the woman’s household items. “The big rain come same time so we na had time to cover nothing”.
Yesterday she estimated her loss to be in excess of $800,000. “My father don’t live too far way so we will stay by him until we get money to make it up”.
Razack’s eldest son, 10, sustained a minor injury to his neck, while she and her youngest son, 2, sustained minor injuries to their legs. “The thing fall and hit we”, she noted.
Meanwhile, another resident, Diane Henry, 35, explained, that the same storm damaged a section of the roof on her building which houses eight persons.
Both families stressed, that they would be grateful for some assistance from the authorities at this time.
