Several villages along the lower East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were last evening under as much as 10 inches of water and residents were uneasy about the rising levels of the water in and around their homes.
Homes within the villages along the ECD between Cummings Lodge and as far as Enmore were flooded and residents noted that even though the area was blessed with sunshine for most of the day, water continued to accumulate.
According to an official at the Agriculture Ministry, the water that accumulated along the ECD yesterday and last evening was “the back water” of the general volume of water that accumulated over the preceding 24 hours. He said that the authorities had been pumping water
