Swamped Hope Estate farmers lose millions in crops

Hope Estate was covered in flood waters yesterday.

After two days of incessant rainfall, Hope Estate farmers are now grappling with millions of dollars in estimated losses after acres of cash crops were destroyed in the flooding.

Georgetown and most parts of the East Coast of Demerara continued to be swamped by floodwater yesterday, as heavy rains continue to batter the country. The persistent rainfall began on Wednesday night