Heavy rainfall in the Deep South Rupununi has left the district isolated from the rest of the region as water levels in rivers continue to rise.
Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock told Stabroek News yesterday that the Deep South has been experiencing continuous, heavy rainfall beginning on Wednesday, leaving the communities in those districts completely inaccessible. He disclosed that the Region has a number of relief items to deliver to those affected by the flooding but it is now impossible to do so because of the high water levels.
He noted that it is a worrying situation with the Takutu, Rupununi, Essequibo and Ireng rivers expected to rise even higher during the next few days as a result of rainfall in Brazil. It usually takes days before the water levels in these rivers drop. At least two indigenous communities in the Deep South are situated close to these rivers.
