Constant rainfall and the overtopping of the Pomeroon River have resulted in severe flooding in two Upper Pomeroon areas, leaving almost 150 households severely affected.
Region Two Chairperson Vilma DaSilva told Stabroek News yesterday that approximately 145 households in the Jacklow and Dredge Creek Canal areas have been under four to five feet of water for over a week but the residents were refusing to leave their homes. “They are still there and are travelling around their yard with their boats,” she said.
DaSilva said the region did experience some flash flooding a few days ago and while the waters had receded from the land, there was a build-up of water in several canals which have since started to overtop.
