Amid continuing rain in all regions, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced in Region Six that the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has advised that the countrywide flooding is now a Level 2 Disaster and supplementary funding is to be sought at Parliament today.
Ali along with Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha and Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall and a team of officials visited a number of flood-affected communities throughout the Corentyne.
At Chesney, President Ali said, “The CDC advised this morning that the disaster is a Level 2 Disaster so that we can now move the situation to the international community to get international support.”