Guyanese OnlineEARLY MORNING DOWNPOUR CAUSES FLOODING IN CITY – NEWSROOM VIDEO
– PM Phillips says flooding remains a concern
Submerged car in Kwakwani – Berbice River
Guyanese are being placed on notice that the above-normal rainfall, which the country has experienced in recent weeks, leading to widespread flooding, is likely to continue for another two months.
Prime Minister, Brigadier (retired) Mark Phillips, made the disclosure while providing an update on the flooding situation to the National Assembly on Thursday.
“We will continue to experience above-normal rainfall between June to August 2021,” Phillips told the house. Continue reading
OVERFLOWING BERBICE RIVER, HEAVY RAIN LEAVE KWAKWANI RESIDENTS UNDERWATER
News Room Guyana – June 6, 2021
Described as the worst flood to hit the Region 10 community of Kwakwani in years, residents share how they have been grappling with the still increasing floodwaters and their plans for returning to some normalcy, hopefully sooner rather than later.
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Guyana Map showing Regions
Despite a respite in some areas, floodwater remained at significant levels in most of the country’s regions yesterday as authorities continued to mobilise help for victims.
Stabroek News
One would have thought that after the 2005 flood crisis our politicians might have learned a few basic lessons, but it seems that they are endowed with a unique capacity to forget the things they should remember. Following any large-scale flood all the right noises are made about what had not been done, what should have been done and what will now be done to prevent it from happening again.
And then everything is conveniently forgotten until it does happen again. So there should be no surprise that we are currently looking at inundations affecting all the regions, with the loss of livestock, property and crops which this inevitably involves. Continue reading
Over 6,000 households in five regions severely affected by flooding
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Toussaint Louverture Continue reading
Geopolitics of oil and water in Guyana: Part 1 – By Ivelaw Griffith
In the first of this two-part series on Guyana’s current flood travails, I offer an analysis of the country’s geography and environmental circumstances against the backdrop of the country as a petro state. The second article will explore the impacts of the flooding, explore strategies for current and future governments to leverage oil revenues, aid recovery efforts, and mitigate future disasters.
Oil Blessings
Mother Nature has been blessing Guyana effusively in recent years, with 19 offshore oil finds between May 2015 and April of this year by a three-member consortium of ExxonMobil, Hess Corporation, and China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation. Continue reading →
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