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With city streets dramatically dried off less than 24 hours after a deluge, Guyanese shoppers and vendors made merry during the traditional Christmas Eve shopping spree (Delano Williams photo)

December 25,2016 Source

…except in Albouystown and South Ruimveldt

THE Civil Defence Commission (CDC)says it has completed its assessment of the areas affected by flooding following Friday’s heavy downpour. CDC Head, Colonel (ret’d) Chabilall Ramsarup, told the Guyana Chronicle that because the flood waters would have completely receded within 24 hours, except in Albouystown and South Ruimveldt, there has been no need to offer relief.

Although the water would have receded significantly in Albouystown and South Ruimveldt, there are some residents in those Georgetown wards who are still affected.

In regions One, Three and Six, flood waters have completely receded, Colonel Ramsarup told this newspaper.

Torrential rainfall coupled with an unusually high tide had resulted in massive flooding across the City on Friday, with Albouystown being among the communities hardest hit. Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson explained that the unexpected 12 hours of heavy rainfall, which started at about 23:00h on Thursday, had resulted in the accumulation of between three and four inches of rainfall.

“It was unexpected,” he said, even as he pointed out that the Hydromet Office had given no indication that there would have been between 75 and 100mm of rainfall on Friday. In fact, the Hydromet Office had initially told Guyanese to expect “partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered showers throughout Guyana”.

A high tide had complicated the situation with the heavy and constant showers. It was explained that sluices are normally opened for a period of six hours to allow the water to recede; however, with the high tide in effect, the time was reduced to about three hours.
On Friday, the sluices were opened from 04:00hrs to 09:00hrs, before being reopened at about 15:00hrs up until 18:00hr. As a result of the combined situation, the flood waters receded slower than normally obtains, Minister Patterson noted. He explained that the drainage system is not designed to accommodate that extensive volume of water.

James Street in Albouystown was under water on Friday, but the flooding has since receded significantly

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Former Member

Buddy Django, you miss this!!!

Alert: Heavy rainfall, flooding anticipated for Christmas, past boxing day

December 24, 2016

Heavy rainfall, flooding in low lying and poorly drained areas is anticipated forSunday December 25, 2016 to Wednesday December 28, 2016, with the development of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) says the National Weather Watch Center.

See full details from statement below:

Synopsis: The ITCZ is slowly but steadily developing over Guyana. Please be advised that we are currently monitoring the development of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) which has developed along Guyana’s coast within the last 24 hours.

Associated weather: Coastal and inland Guyana is likely to experience periodic heavy downpours tomorrow during the early morning. Based on the current forecast outlook, flooding/ water accumulation are likely to be observed in poor drainage, low laying and riverine areas. The forecast models continue to show high moisture content in the atmosphere of which lies within favorable atmospheric environment for development of moderate to deep convective clouds.

The forecasts favors generally overcast conditions with moderate to heavy rain for the morning into early afternoon, after which, a slow but gradual reduction in showers will be observed. At present, the areas likely to be affected more are Regions 3 to 5 and to a lesser but still some concerns, Region 2 and Northern Region 6. Rainfall amount in these areas (Regions 3 to 5) are more likely to exceed 100 mm. The remainder of Guyana will see values between 50.0 mm to 80.0 mm.

Extended Outlook: These weather patterns and conditions will continue over the next few days (Monday thru Wednesday) with the occasional heavy downpours, where another peak in rainfall is anticipated for Wednesdayover areas in Regions 7 to 10 and some coastal areas in Regions 2, 4 and 5.

Possible effects of Weather: With the forecasted weather conditions coupled with the high tides, coastal areas may experience prolonged water accumulations / flooding in poor drainage, low lying and riverine areas added to that of with recent rains. In addition, please be advised that the next period of above normal High Tides will begin from Monday December 26, 2016.

DATE	ANTICIPATED RAINFALL
Monday December 26, 2016	50.0 mm to 100.0 mm Highest in Regions 2, 7 and 8
Tuesday December 27, 2016	50.0 mm to 80.0 mm Highest in Regions 6 and 10.
Wednesday December 28, 2016	˃ 100.0 mm in Regions 7 to 10 ˂ 70.0 mm in other areas

Table 1: shows the Admiralty Tide Tables for the period Saturday December 24, 2016 to October 20, 2016.

DATE	HIGH TIDE		LOW TIDE
	TIME	HEIGHT	TIME	HEIGHT
	Hr: Min	Metres	Hr: Min	Metre
2016.12.24	–:–	–:–	–:–	–:–
2016.12.24	–:–	–:–	19:15	0.91
2016.12.25	01:28	2.41	07:47	1.13
2016.12.25	14:01	2.69	20:01	0.80
2016.12.26	02:14	2.49	08:26	1.05
2016.12.26	14:36	2.76	20:43	0.71
2016.12.27	02:54	2.56	09:00	0.98
2016.12.27	15:09	2.81	21:22	0.64
2016.12.28	03:32	2.63	09:33	0.92
2016.12.28	15:43	2.86	21:59	0.59
2016.12.29	04:07	2.69	10:06	0.88
2016.12.29	16:18	2.89	22:34	0.56
2016.12.30	04:42	2.73	10:39	0.85
2016.12.30	16:53	2.90	23:09	0.54
2016.12.31	05:16	2.76	11:13	0.85
2016.12.31	17:30	2.89	–:-	-:-

The National Weather Watch Center will continue to closely monitor this event and will issue bulletins as the need arises.

12/25/1610:11 AM

DjangoAdmin

Bhai Imran,no snow in my neck of the woods and it's 44 degrees.

while GY is inundated with rain.

12/25/1610:29 AM

NehruBig Mouth Member

Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected

12/25/1611:54 AM

Mr.TI pity the fool

Nehru posted:
Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected

And that was days, if not weeks, afterwards. Now the water recedes in just a couple of hours. No boots required. Go figure.

12/25/162:36 PM

Former Member

Mr.T posted:
Nehru posted:
Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected
And that was days, if not weeks, afterwards. Now the water recedes in just a couple of hours. No boots required. Go figure.

Maybe the PNC in city hall are cleaning the drains? The very same set of people who neglected to do so during the PPP administration?

12/26/1612:49 PM

Former Member

Drugb posted:
Mr.T posted:
Nehru posted:
Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected
And that was days, if not weeks, afterwards. Now the water recedes in just a couple of hours. No boots required. Go figure.
Maybe the PNC in city hall are cleaning the drains? The very same set of people who neglected to do so during the PPP administration?

Unbelievable, isn't it. Same can be said for the police force.

12/26/161:01 PM

Former Member

Mr.T posted:
Nehru posted:
Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected
And that was days, if not weeks, afterwards. Now the water recedes in just a couple of hours. No boots required. Go figure.

The water receded because you went to Guyana and skinned open your ass, all the water went in.

12/26/161:05 PM

Former Member

skeldon_man posted:
Mr.T posted:
Nehru posted:
Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected
And that was days, if not weeks, afterwards. Now the water recedes in just a couple of hours. No boots required. Go figure.
The water receded because you went to Guyana and skinned open your ass, all the water went in.

Slam Down... Best For 2016

12/26/161:07 PM

Mr.TI pity the fool

skeldon_man posted:
Mr.T posted:
Nehru posted:
Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected
And that was days, if not weeks, afterwards. Now the water recedes in just a couple of hours. No boots required. Go figure.
The water receded because you went to Guyana and skinned open your ass, all the water went in.

Why don't you go and ***k yourself if you have nothing better to type.

12/26/164:16 PM

Mr.TI pity the fool

Mr.T posted:
skeldon_man posted:
Mr.T posted:
Nehru posted:
Good Job to see the flood is being given priority.

Jagdoe used to be in long Booths touring the affected area and give hope to the affected
And that was days, if not weeks, afterwards. Now the water recedes in just a couple of hours. No boots required. Go figure.
The water receded because you went to Guyana and skinned open your ass, all the water went in.
Why don't you go and F U C K yourself if you have nothing better to type.