Although Guyana’s flooding has been classified as a Level 2 Disaster under the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) regional response mechanism, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday confirmed that five regions are classified even worse as the impact has varied.
“Despite Guyana’s situation being classified as Level 2, the impact of the flood in the regions vary, with regions 1, 3, 4, 8 and 9 being at Level 2, given national capacity to manage the impact, while regions 2, 5, 6, 7 and 10 are classified as Level 3, based on the magnitude of the flood. It is for this reason that regional and international support is needed to effectively mobilize resources in order to respond and recover from the impact of the floods,” the CDC said in a statement yesterday.
