Water down in Region Five but riverine villages still flooded

Persons traveling by boat in one of the flooded riverine communities in Region Ten. (Photo taken from Nigel Dharamlall’s Facebook page)

While floodwaters in Region Five are slowly receding, the majority of the riverine communities  remain inundated, Chairman Vickchand Ramphal says.

“Waters have receded three metres in the Mahaicony, Abary and Mahaica rivers but the riverine communities like Big Biaboo, Mahaicony, all those areas are still under water,” Ramphal told Stabroek News yesterday.