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Corentyne freak -storm
…areas returning to normalcy as power resumes
The Black Bush Polder and other areas along the Upper Corentyne are slowly returning to normalcy as residents begin the task of repairing their rooftops and organising their surroundings. Additionally, power is being restored bit by bit to the affected communities.
Roofs were ripped apart by Sunday’s freak- storm. Electric poles too were downed,
leaving much of the Corentyne Coast without electricity.
Just after noon on Sunday, the area was hit by a freak storm that brought high winds that tore through several areas. The hardest- hit areas were Kiltearn, Number 61 Village and Black Bush Polder. The storm was accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain which lasted over an hour.
Yesterday, Region Six Chairman, Mr. David Armogan continued his assessment of the areas that were affected. He visited Black Bush Polder and had a first-hand look at the damage and destruction. “Persons have started to replace zinc sheets (that were ripped off),” he said.
However, the Region Six Administration, he mentioned, will give specific assistance to a mother of three whose house was swept off its pillars. He said the government would assist Michelle Singh of Lot 7, Yakusari, whose two daughters were nearly crushed to death as their wooden home was blown off the posts and deposited on the ground.
Singh had left two of her daughters’ home and had gone to church. “Two of my daughters were sitting on the steps. When I was coming back I saw the house falling down and I ain’t see my two children.” The girls barely made it to safety in time; they jumped off the steps.
“I started to scream because I knew that I left the two of them on the steps and I was not seeing them.” The mother was relieved when she saw her daughters, Ashlee, 12, and Natalie, nine, alive.
Repairs will have to be effected to the Joanna Primary School which lost several zinc sheets and the Corriverton Market.
As for electricity supply which was cut off as a result of several downed poles and high-power cables, Corriverton and Line Path were re-powered yesterday morning. Mr. Armogan noted that Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Berbice Manager, Mr. Ayube Bacchus, had assured him that crews have been working feverishly to re-energize Black Bush.
“He said that by [last evening] all areas should be repowered—at least that’s what he told me today [yesterday],” Armogan noted.
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