Region Nine flood forces evacuations, washes away road

Exam flood: Students of the St. Ignatius Secondary School on their way to write their CSEC examinations yesterday. The community is at the moment experiencing flooding. (Keith Anthony photo)

As the rains continue to pound Region Nine, Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud yesterday confirmed that families have been relocated from their homes, while several bridges are under water and part of the recently-rehabilitated Linden to Lethem road was washed away.

Persaud made this disclosure during a statement yesterday in the National Assembly, where Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy also announced that the country is expected to be experience many rainy days over the next three months,