Leguan floodwaters recede after koker doors fixed

Repairs being done on the Amsterdam koker door on Friday night

Floodwaters on Leguan, in Region Three, completely receded after koker doors were fixed and closed late on Friday night.

Amsterdam, Blenheim, Phoenix, Success and Thierens were flooded on Thursday after kokers were left open by farmers during the spring tide.

According to residents on the Island, the farmers received permission from the Neighbourhood Demo-cratic Council (NDC) to open the doors because their farmlands were in dire need of irrigation. However, the open kokers were left unsupervised and as a result, dozens of homes were flooded with water levels reaching two and a half feet high in some houses. Meanwhile, the force of the tide damaged the koker doors at Amsterdam, Phoenix and Success.