Rising floods left many people stranded Thursday night as torrential rains pounded the saturated Oropouche Basin for hours.
And while hundreds fought the floods to reach the safety of their homes, wrecker service operators worked overtime pulling stalled car belonging to frustrated motorists for a price of as much as $300.
"I'm trying to get home at San Francique but I can't get past the Big Apple in Debe because the river broke its banks. At this point I will do anything to get home," Fareed Khan told the T&T Guardian earlier tonight.
Aerial view of floods in Monkeytown, Barrackpore, yesterday.
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At Woodland, residents grappled to put sandbags around their homes. A few residents evacuated. One resident said a caiman entered her property.
"I have a sick son. Last year we lost everything in floods and today it was the same. We calling our councillor to get sandbags but up to now we waiting. The fridge and stove got washed away," she lamented.
Terry Laldeo and his father Dan had to evacuate their home last night as floods rose more than three feet inside his home.
From 6 pm to 8 pm, there was extensive traffic along Clarke Road, SS Erin Road and Debe Trace.
High tides prevented drain off of flood waters, exacerbating the inland floods and keeping the main watercourses, including the Bhagmania River, Oropouche River, Gordineau River and New Cut Channel, overflowing their banks.
The Disaster Management Team was on the ground delivering tarpaulins and sandbags to affected residents.
The T&T Guardian will bring you more as this story unfolds.