Flooding at Salem as rising tide smashes koker door

Two Salem residents, Yonette Nedd and Eavette Rhimes assessing their poultry losses.

Residents of Salem, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) got a rude awakening after the water level began to rise when a sluice door collapsed at around 2.30 am yesterday.

They told Stabroek News yesterday that the sluice operators were closing the doors when four planks from one of the doors fell off, resulting in overtopping of the drains. Due to this,