‘Freak storm’ rips through several homes in Region 5

May 08, 2022 News

By Malisa Playter-Harry
Several homes were partially destroyed while at least one collapsed after a ‘freak storm’ ripped off roofs and caused other damage to several homes in the villages of Plantation Hope and Experiment, West Coast Berbice.
During the mayhem, electrical poles were uprooted, leaving several homes without electricity until it was fixed by the Guyana Power and Light Inc.
Vanita Pariag, an affected resident, told Kaieteur News that she was in her bed when she felt a “trembling” sometime after 22:00hrs on Friday, May 6, 2022. She said she and her husband got up and when they looked through their windows, they saw what looked like the smaller version of a tornado coming from the seaside, which is behind her home.
Pariag said that her children, who were also aroused by storm, started to scream and she too was scared. “I thought the windows would have popped,” she said.
According to the woman, she noticed several zinc sheets from other houses as they were being blown off and a house opposite her home, where an old man lives, also collapsed. The man, fortunately, escaped unhurt and managed to seek refuge at a neighbour’s house.
Zinc sheets from someone’s roof from three houses away blew into Pariag’s yard while another neighbour, whose roof was also ripped off, his entire yard was flooded.
Residents complained that furniture, appliances and other items were also soaked from the heavy rains after the roofs blew off and sections of their houses got damage. Pariag said that when she and others began to assess the damage, she realised that a storeroom which was attached to her house was in someone else’s yard. She is however grateful that no one was hurt during the ordeal.
According to her, the Regional Chairman of Region Five and other officials have since visited the area and assessed the damage as well. They have since offered to help with materials to fix the damage.
Over 20 houses were affected during the freak storm.

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