Parts of the Ca­roni Riv­er, in the ar­eas of El Car­men and Tumpuna, are over ca­pac­i­ty, the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment has con­firmed.

At 8:00 am to­day, the Ca­roni Riv­er in the El Car­men area was at 109% ca­pac­i­ty, while the Ca­roni Tumpuna Riv­er was at 109% ca­pac­i­ty.

And the Min­istry is warn­ing that sev­er­al oth­er rivers are dan­ger­ous­ly close to breach­ing their banks:

● North Oropouche (To­co Road) – 82%

● Manuel Con­go – 88%

● South Oropouche – 84%

● Cunu­pia Riv­er – 84%

● Bam­boo Set­tle­ment #3 – 79%

The level of the Caroni River while driving over the Caroni Bridge at 6:00 am on Thursday 12 June 2025. [Image from social media]

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In terms of con­firmed re­ports of flood­ing this morn­ing, the Min­istry con­firmed that North Oropouche Road and La Sei­va Road in the San­gre Grande Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion were un­der flood­wa­ters as ear­ly as 6:05 am.

In the Cou­va/Tabaquite/Tal­paro Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion, there was a con­firmed re­port of flood­ing on Chin Chin Road, as at 7:25 am.

Echo­ing ad­vi­sories is­sued by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice, the Min­istry is strong­ly ad­vis­ing the pub­lic to AVOID DRI­VING THROUGH FLOOD­ED AR­EAS.

Mem­bers of the pub­lic should note that the tides will de­ter­mine how quick­ly flood­wa­ters will run off in your area.

For Trinidad, High Tide came in­to ef­fect at 4:00 am to­day. It will re­turn at 5:26 pm this evening.

Fore­cast­ers say ex­pect Low Tide at 10:59 am and 10:39 pm.

A River­ine Flood Alert - OR­ANGE re­mains in ef­fect to­day.