RAIN showers, isolated thunderstorm activity and associated gusts near downpours as a result of a yellow-level adverse weather event caused flooding in some areas, an increase in river levels, fallen trees, landslips and fires.

In an incident report on June 10, the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government said there were four flooding events, including at L’Orange Road, Aripo, Foster Road near Marchak Trace and Toco Main Road, Matura, in the vicinity of the sawmill.

There were five fallen trees, one each in the Diego Martin Borough Corporation, Couva Tabaquite Talparo Regional Corporation, the Mayaro Rio Claro Regional Corporation, the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation and the Tunapuna Piarco Regional Corporation.