The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) has warned that continued rainfall today could lead to moderate cases of localised street and flash flooding, as well as landslides/landslips. In a release yesterday, the ODPM said Tobago, which experienced heavy torrential showers yesterday, was particularly at risk. The ODPM also repeated the Met Office’s prediction of another 12 to 24 hours under which the country would see intermittent rain and showers.
Yesterday, the country experienced moderate to heavy rainfall, it said. “This rainfall activity is due to moisture trailing a tropical wave which passed over the southern Caribbean region on Saturday 25th May 2013,” the ODPM said. “Intermittent rain and showers, some thundery, is forecast to continue for the remainder of the day.”
The release also warned of gusty winds in excess of 45 kilometres an hour. “The ODPM, in its role as the co-ordinator of emergencies/crises, has already alerted the first responder agencies so that assistance can be rendered to affected persons,” it said. The ODPM said it would continue to monitor the situation and any updates from the T&T Met Office would be communicated to the public. “Citizens are asked to remain vigilant and are reminded to contact 511 if they have been adversely affected,” the ODPM said.