Seasonal rains causing havoc in Region Nine

With more than 96 households affected by flooding in Region Nine, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday said that a truck filled with relief supplies has departed for the region and is expected to arrive today.  

Torrential rainfall and trans-boundary flooding associated with the increase in water levels of the River Branco  in the Roraima State of Brazil have left communities, farmlands and roadways in the Rupununi inundated. Lethem which