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The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice has ex­tend­ed its yel­low-lev­el Ad­verse Weath­er Alert to 4:00 p.m. Thurs­day, warn­ing of in­creased risk of street flood­ing, land­slides, and rapid­ly ris­ing wa­ter­cours­es across Trinidad, To­ba­go, and sur­round­ing wa­ters.

Is­sued at 3:40 p.m. on Wednes­day, Alert #4 re­flects wors­en­ing con­di­tions fol­low­ing a day of wide­spread rain­fall, which has left many ar­eas with sat­u­rat­ed soils and height­ened vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty to land­slips. The risk of over­flow in small­er wa­ter­ways has al­so in­creased. While ma­jor rivers re­main be­low crit­i­cal thresh­olds, lev­els con­tin­ue to rise steadi­ly.

Ac­cord­ing to a 3:15 p.m. riv­er lev­el ad­vi­so­ry from the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment, Ca­roni (Bam­boo Set­tle­ment #3) stood at 66% ca­pac­i­ty, El Car­men at 58%, and Ca­roni Tumpuna at 51%. Oth­er rivers of note in­clude South Oropouche at 56%, Arou­ca at 48%, Cipero Riv­er at 43%, and North Oropouche at 40%. Most oth­er rivers re­main be­low 40% ca­pac­i­ty, in­clud­ing the San Juan Riv­er at 21%, Guaracara at 27%, and Cou­va Riv­er at just 8%.