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GUYANA – Capitol TV News Videos – 17 July 2015
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MARCH 1, 2012 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS
City Mayor, Hamilton Green, has blamed continuous heavy rainfall, non-functional drainage structures and clogged drains for flooding in and around Georgetown yesterday, (February 29).
Green held an emergency press briefing at City Hall where he said that even if all the drainage structures were operational Georgetown would have still experienced flooding because of the City’s capacity to drain only one inch of rainfall in a 24-hour period.
He stressed that during the course of the rainfall Georgetown experienced 5.15 inches of rainfall which is unusual but added that with unpredictable weather patterns anything is possible.
Green emphasized that visits to the various drainage facilities across the Capital City, Georgetown earlier during the day revealed that the relief structures at Kingston, Princes Street, and Lamaha Street were non-functional. Continue reading
“With all the garbage on the street, I can imagine the state of the flood water.
We are one major sea wall breach, or really high waves, from a serious disaster on the Guyana coast”. – says Peter Halder, who submitted these pictures.
Some pictures are from Bryan Macintosh (bryanmaxx.com)
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New Garden st. (Bishops High school Corner) Continue reading
Guyana Floods – A monument to our protracted folly – commentary
A monument to our protracted folly
Bourda Market vendor – Nov 21, 2014
Last Thursday’s deluge (November 20, 2014) and the attendant filth and chaos which it visited on the capital are nothing unusual. For all the damage that it did flooding has become an occupational hazard of dwelling or working in Georgetown and its environs, so that we have learnt to accept such events without becoming overly melodramatic about the consequences.
Whenever it happens we re-state the sorry grim tale – the flooding of homes and the losses to residents and businesses, and inconveniences like the closure of schools and business places. Those too we tend not to dwell on. The media report on them then we move on.
What is worth reflecting on, however, is the context within which occurrences like last week’s flooding took place. There is, first, a seeming national resignation to an altogether remediable situation which, in itself, is a poignant comment on public confidence in those whose responsibility it is to salvage and upgrade our capital. Continue reading →
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