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Sascha Wil­son

With flash flood­ing af­fect­ing sev­er­al parts of South and Cen­tral Trinidad yes­ter­day, res­i­dents, stu­dents and even a fu­ner­al pro­ces­sion were af­fect­ed as heavy rains caused roads to be­come im­pass­able.

In a re­lease yes­ter­day, the Min­istry of Works and In­fra­struc­ture ad­vised that there was flood­ing at Bras­so Road, Ca­paro Val­ley, SS Erin Road in Pe­nal near Batchyia Vil­lage, Pati­ram Trace, Clark Road and Pe­nal Rock Road. The min­istry en­cour­aged mo­torists to de­lay non-es­sen­tial trav­el, to al­low wa­ter lev­els to re­cede and urged all road users to avoid flood-prone ar­eas where pos­si­ble and pri­ori­tise safe­ty un­til con­di­tions im­prove.