The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government (MoRDLG), said they received 96 reports of flooding spread across five municipalities following the record rainfall over the last two days.
These included—Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo (seven), Mayaro/Rio Claro (nine), Penal/Debe (59), Princes Town (14, and Siparia (seven).
Authorities also responded to eight fallen trees, two in the Diego Martin region and six in the San Fernando area.
There was one landslide in the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo region, with two roof damage reports from the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo and Mayaro/Rio Claro areas.
Municipal corporations distributed 780 sandbags across seven municipalities, six mattresses across two municipalities, eight tarpaulins across five municipalities, and one hamper in the Siparia Regional Corporation.
After the second consecutive day of rainfall, the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) extended the Riverine Flood Alert for South Trinidad until 5 pm today, upgrading the alert to Orange Level.
In their update yesterday afternoon, they said, “After continued rainfall activity, the river levels of the South Oropouche, as well as smaller tributaries in Southern areas of Trinidad, are near critical levels or overtopping in some areas (based on official reports).”
The TTMS added that additional periods of rainfall will likely continue into today, which will result in further elevation of the river levels. They added, “Note that run-off will be slower at high tide, which will be at 12.04 am (Tue. 13th) and 02.03 pm (Tue 13th).”
Meanwhile, the Orange-Level Riverine Flood Alert encompassed mainly the South Oropouche River Basin, where the South Oropouche River and its many tributaries overtopped their banks yesterday.
Severe impacts are expected in the South Oropuche River Basin for an Orange-Level alert.