Floodwaters have risen to about one foot in areas along the Mahaica and Mahaicony creeks, dampening the spirits of residents who waited in vain for the water to start receding.
Residents have already lost all of their cash crops and their livestock are dying and they told this newspaper that they were shocked that the water was still rising although the rains have eased.
Their yards and gardens were covered with knee-deep water and “boats reaching up to we steps,” they said. They added that although Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud had told them that the flooding was an effect
