Mahaicony sinks deeper into flood

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As the water level in the Mahaicony Creek keeps rising so are the losses for rice and cash crop farmers and they are wondering how they will be assisted during this disaster.

Some of the men who worked as labourers cannot get jobs because the rice farmers they were employed with have lost their crops.

They cannot catch fish to sell or for the home because of the high water and are currently not earning an income. They told this…..


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