City businesses count losses while battling floodwaters

Some businesses erected mounds of sand bags to battle the floodwaters yesterday in Regent Street.

City businesses are still counting their losses after Wednesday’s flash flood and incessant rain continued to beat down in certain areas in Georgetown, flooding homes and streets yesterday.

Up to yesterday afternoon, 5.1 inches of rainfall was recorded and store owners were blocking the entrance of their businesses with sandbags. Workers were seen bailing water out of stores, while others were setting up planks from the roadside to enable entry by customers.

Courts Guyana Inc’s Main Street store has registered millions in lost sales since Wednesday’s flooding. The store was closed on