Rains, floods lash Sangre Grande
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Lystra Maloney holds her granddaugther Jessica as she stands in the entrance to her flooded home, Cunapo Southern Main Road, Coalmine, Sangre Grande, Tuesday. - ROGER JACOB
As Trinidad and Tobago endured the effects of a yellow-level adverse weather event on Tuesday, Sangre Grande was the most affected area in North and Central Trinidad.
A representative of the Disaster Management Unit of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation said flooding was reported in Ojoe Road, Foster Road, Picton Road, Coalmine Road, Ramdass Street, Naranjan Street, and Oropouche Road.
“Several communities would have been affected, so we’re doing our assessment at this present time. We have no reports of injuries or fatalities.”
The United Nations
A Rohingya refugee and volunteer for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has been telling UN News how his community has been “once again traumatized” as a result of a massive fire which swept through the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh in March, killing at least 11 people and making more than 45,000 homeless.
Mohammad Alam is one of 800,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled unrest in neighbouring Myanmar over the past several years and who are now sheltering in Cox’s Bazar. He told UN News about losing all his possessions in the fire and how he and others are trying to rebuild for the future.
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Agencies continue to drive relief efforts to support the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines
Following the eruption of the La Soufrière Volcano, the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, through the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), is hosting a relief collection drive as part of our ongoing response and relief efforts in support of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Through this initiative, the national community can once again demonstrate our true Caribbean solidarity by providing much needed relief items to many persons and families during this critical time.
Persons and organisations who are interested in donating to the relief collection drive are asked to follow the Immediate Needs List provided by the National Emergency Management Organisation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. While we are aware that many persons would want to give many items in the spirit of humanitarianism, it is important that we do not send unsolicited supplies that