Fearful of a repeat of disastrous flooding from springtides overtopping the Mahaicony sea defence, residents of Content, Mahaicony, are calling on authorities to divert resources to a portion of the defence that is vulnerable.
At the sea defence, several meters away from the breach stretching from Dantzig to Fairfield, another section of the earthen dam is being battered by waves and can break away at any time. This vulnerable portion puts many farmers and residents at risk even as they are trying to recover from the invasion of saltwater from the last flood in November, last year.
The mangrove fringe and other natural sea defences that were in place have been washed away leaving just a narrow dam, which is now exposed and rapidly eroding. At daily high tides, water from the Atlantic Ocean could be seen spilling over the earthen dam.
