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High tides swamp West Demerara

-authorities mobilising sand bags

A deeply flooded yard [DPI photo) — A deeply flooded yard (DPI photo)

September 28, 2019

Spring tides this morning swamped parts of the West Demerara and the authorities are scrambling hundreds of sand bags to bolster defences for when the high water returns at around 3.30 pm.

According to the Department of Public Information (DPI) the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and Region Three Administration are working to mobilise 1000 sandbags for distribution to residents of Blankenburg, Den Amstel, Fellowship, Cornelia Ida, Anna Catherina and Uitvlugt/Oceanview.

According to the Director-General of CDC, Lt. Col Kester Craig the high tide will occur around 3.30 pm at a height of 3.6 metres.

Craig, according to DPI, is advising residents living in the areas to immediately secure the entrances to the lower flat of their homes with sandbags and to lift furniture, appliances, electronics and other valuables household items. Residents are also being advised to seal off electrical outlets which are less than one foot above ground level.

This advisory follows earlier flooding that occurred in the villages just after 4:00hrs this morning.

A high tide of 3.42 metres, caused overtopping and DPI said that some residents were affected when approximately one foot of water entered their lower flats.

Cleaning supplies have been distributed to the affected residents and the clean-up exercise has already begun as the water has receded from most of the homes, DPI said.

Teams from the CDC and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure are on the ground checking for possible breaches.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Wednesday advised the general public to take all necessary precautions during the spring tides period of September 26, 2019 to October 2, 2019.The predicted tide indicates above normal levels for this impending period. The Sea and River Defence Department considers the following areas to be particularly susceptible to possible flooding as a result of storm surges which may induce overtopping of sea/river defence structures:

• Pomeroon River Banks

• San Souci to Sarah and Maria’s Pleasure to Meerzorg, Wakenaam Island

• Cane Field/Amsterdam, Endeavour/Blenheim, Cane Garden – Leguan Island

• Windsor Forest to DeWillem, West Coast Demerara, Parika Market Area and Salem to Sparta, E.B.E

• Water Street, Georgetown, Helena # 1 & 2, Mahaica.

• Fairfield/Dantzig, Mahaicony.

• Wellington Park/Tarlogie, Corentyne

The highest tides are expected to be on Sunday September 29, 2019 at 4:38 pm at a height of3.36 metres and onMonday September 30, 2019 at5:18pmat a height of3.32 metres.

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kpHonorary Member

High tide floods several West Coast Demerara villages

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in News September 28, 2019 0 Comments

Several villages on the West Coast Demerara were earlier today flooded as a result off a tide that was more than nine feet high.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says “there was no breach of the seawalls. The water has begun to recede”.

However, water over-topped the sea defence causing floods at Blankenburg, Den Amstel, Fellowship, Cornelia Ida, Anna Catherina and Uitvlugt Oceanview.

The CDC says many residents in these villages were affected with approximately one foot of water in the lower flats of their homes.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Region Three administration were mobilized to help residents.

Cleaning agents and other supplies were dispatched to the affected villages.

Cleaning agents and other supplies about to be distributed to flood-affected residents on the West Coast Demerara.

The CDC has warned that another slightly higher tide was expected Saturday afternoon at about 3:58 . “ This will be higher than the last high tide earlier this morning and is likely to result in more over-topping,” the CDC said.

The height was forecast to be 3.31 metres.

The Civil Defence Commission advises residents in the affected areas “to immediately secure the entrances to the lower flat of their homes with sandbags and to elevate furniture, appliances, electronics and other valuables household items. Residents should also seal off electrical outlets which are less than one foot above ground level.”

Before Saturday’s flood, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure had issued a flood advisory.

9/28/195:14 PM

Former Member

There were many here like cain, dj , mars and others who blame ppp for the floods, these same voices are not silent.

9/28/196:13 PM

Bibi HaniffaGNI Queen

Damn PPP still causing floods.

9/28/196:36 PM

Former Member

PPPC will continue to cause floods of successful businesses, progress and other improvements/betterment like they did from 1992 to 2015.

PNCR/AFC will assist with causing flooding of property, land and people's possessions with perhaps a firm focus on other things.

9/28/197:20 PM

cainTired old hippie

Drugb posted:
There were many here like cain, dj , mars and others who blame ppp for the floods, these same voices are not silent.

Correct, we not silent. Dem boys say you does flood your pants because yo full of it.

9/28/1910:41 PM

cainTired old hippie

Bibi Haniffa posted:
Damn PPP still causing floods.

Again, you correct!

9/28/1910:41 PM

kpHonorary Member

cain posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Damn PPP still causing floods.
Again, you correct!

Why don't you shut you rass. The place flood what can you do to help.

9/28/1910:46 PM

cainTired old hippie

kp posted:
cain posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Damn PPP still causing floods.
Again, you correct!
Why don't you shut you rass. The place flood what can you do to help.

I say Ahhhh Fk it, send em a bucket.

Hear nuh, ask Bibi she know nuff nuff stuff, might not always be right though.

9/29/1912:22 AM

NehruBig Mouth Member

KP, filth heads will be filth heads!!!

9/29/1911:19 AM

kpHonorary Member

Work intensifies to alleviate WCD flooding

By Staff Reporter -

September 29, 2019

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flooded-village — A section of the flooded seaward side of Den Amstel Village (Delano Williams photo)

Heavy-duty machinery belonging to BK International have been mobilsed and immediately put into action to shore up areas on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) affected by overtopping of the river defence on Saturday.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Frederick Flatts said due to the work done, including at Hibiscus Garden Place, a gated community at Blankenburg, the area was not affected by the afternoon high tide.

He noted that the NDIA was lending assistance to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) as it usually does whenever there is flooding.
Guyana Chronicle on a visit Saturday morning observed that the Den Amstel Woman’s Development Association New Horizon Day Care Centre and Play Group, the Community Centre Ground, the Ebenezer Congregational Church and a play school in the church yard and several residences were inundated.

Pockets of villagers were seen on the roadside or closer to the seawall or merely gathered near their homes watching as the waves overtopped the wall and the water gushed into the drains.
One villager expressed concern for the losses that the Day Care Centre and Play Group may have, since according to her, the building has a washing machine, barrels with books and refrigerator, among other things.

Health Administrator of Region Three Kathleen Armstrong, who resides at Den Amstel, told the Guyana Chronicle that when she visited earlier in the day, the Den Amstel Police Station, the Post Office and several homes in the village, as well the communities of Blankenburg, Fellowship, Cornelia Ida, Anna Catherina, Oceanview and Uitvlugt were under water from the early morning high tide.

According to her, some residents complained that they had knee-high water in their homes but most of it drained off by midday. The flooding also affected a planned burial of a resident at the Den Amstel cemetery. The burial, residents say took place at Stewartville instead.

9/29/1911:25 AM

Former Member

Jagdeo flood Django house 😊

9/29/191:18 PM

Bibi HaniffaGNI Queen

Dave posted:
Jagdeo flood Django house 😊

True thing. Hague is flooded out.

9/29/191:22 PM

Former Member

cain posted:
Drugb posted:
There were many here like cain, dj , mars and others who blame ppp for the floods, these same voices are not silent.
Correct, we not silent. Dem boys say you does flood your pants because yo full of it.

How come yuh giving dem pnc bais a pass hey when yuh rass blame ppp fuh 100 year flood? Dem must be supplying yuh with a steady does in yuh old age.

9/29/192:13 PM

PrashadSenior Member

That water probably has diseases. This is not good.

9/29/192:22 PM

Former Member

At least Frederick Flatts seems pleased with the situation.

9/29/193:35 PM

cainTired old hippie

Drugb posted:
cain posted:
Drugb posted:
There were many here like cain, dj , mars and others who blame ppp for the floods, these same voices are not silent.
Correct, we not silent. Dem boys say you does flood your pants because yo full of it.
How come yuh giving dem pnc bais a pass hey when yuh rass blame ppp fuh 100 year flood? Dem must be supplying yuh with a steady does in yuh old age.

Yall two use the same comp too or just each others handles?

9/29/193:53 PM

kpHonorary Member

Bibi Haniffa posted:
Dave posted:
Jagdeo flood Django house 😊
True thing. Hague is flooded out.

Den Amstel.

9/29/194:13 PM

kpHonorary Member

Severe flooding in some West Dem communities

-as high tides continue to batter coast

Waves crashing over the seawall at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara yesterday. [Shamar Meusa photo) — Waves crashing over the seawall at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara yesterday. (Shamar Meusa photo)

By Shamar Meusa

September 30, 2019

Spring tides continued to batter sea defences across the coast yesterday with flooding reported in almost every coastal region as the authorities scrambled to respond with hundreds of persons at risk.

“The current unprecedented high tide has affected several communities in Regions 2,3,4,5, and 6. The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) through its 24 hours National Emergency Monitoring System (NEMS) is monitoring the situation and is in contact with all the Regional Administrations that have activated their Regional Disaster Management System and are conducting assessments and updating the commission,” CDC Director-General, Lieuten-ant Colonel Kester Craig, said in a post on his Facebook page last night, hours after the tides returned with a vengeance to batter communities along the coast.

The above normal high tides are expected to continue until Wednesday.

9/30/199:56 AM

kpHonorary Member

Stabroek Market closed today because of overtopping

By Stabroek News

September 30, 2019

Stabroek Market will be closed today to members of the public because of overtopping caused by spring tides yesterday.

A release yesterday from the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown said that today the Council will only allow stallholders access to the Market using the middle gate located at the southern entrance to the Market.

“The Georgetown Municipality sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused and wishes to assure the general public that the Council is working assiduously to restore normalcy to the operations of the Market”, the release said.

The Council also noted that the high tide warning is still in effect.

9/30/1910:08 AM

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