The Guyana Flood Website 

 Report for Monday January 31st 2005

After receiving numerous calls about the conservancy being breached at Success on the East Coast, we decided to pay the area a visit to see if this was indeed true, fortunately it turned out to just a rumour but what we did notice was that a lot of the floodwater has been pumped out of the lower East Coast villages. There are still some areas on the lower East Coast which are still flooded out and Atlantic Gardens was one of them, I wanted to drive in to get a better view of the area but the water was too deep for my car and I was forced to turn back. The main road at Better Hope that was totally flooded out looked a lot better today, gone are the boats that were need to get residents in and out.

Reports reaching us indicates that the Mahaica area is suffering from serious flooding due to the quantity of water that is being discharged from Conservancy into the Mahaica creek.

I also spoke to a resident of Enterprise who was in Georgetown today to actually buy an outboard engine to assist villagers in that still flooded out community. He told me that there is still some five to six feet of water in most parts of Enterprise. We will try to visit that area soon to bring you shots of the flooding there. Bryan Mackintosh

Students of Saint Stanislaus heading to classes	Along Main Street Georgetown	Looking down Middle Street, Georgetown	Mr. Sattuar has water at home and water at work to deal with	The main reason for the withdrawal here on the lower east Coast
Engineers working on one of the Lilliendaal pumps	This land at Turkeyen on the East Coast highway was with a lot less water today	Sometimes I wonder if the Police don't have work to do elsewhere	When the going get tough, the tough will be eaten	Garbage piling up along the railway Embankment
This road in LBI looked a lot drier today	The stain on this fence shows how high the water was	One of the many waterways that leads to the kokers on the seawall	A shot of Chateau Margot road	This road in Chateau Margot was indeed a lot drier today
Still some water to go here on the East Coast	A road leading into Success, not much water here	Marbras lumber yard drying out	Looking down a Success village road	More of that stain on this fence
The Success Masjid  will need a lot of cleaning up to get it back into shape	This road to leads to Success was drivable today	All over , we saw the water stains on fences.	Boats and 4x4 still ply the road in happy Acres	The stain on the fence shows the level the water reached in Happy Acres
This pumping station was being pumped out yesterday, today its a lot drier	The entrance to Starlite Drive-in still under water	Montrose North roads were still flooded out	These horses hunting for something to eat	Persons from Atlantic Gardens still having to traverse in floodwater
A Rav and a Raft is the only way to survive in Atlantic Gardens these day	The road this afternoon in Atlantic Gardens still flooded as they have been for the last 2 weeks	The floodwater was even deeper a few days ago, the stain on the fence is proof of that	Looking South into Atlantic Gardens ECD	The floodwater here really was deep according to the stain on this bridge
The Presbyterian Church at Better Hope still flooded	Just a few days ago, I was in here with a boat on this very road	A Water marked fence at Montrose	This western Union sign on the Better Hope ground tell the story of this flood	Looking into Better Hope North, still flooded
Looking west at Better Hope	same shot, now Looking east to Montrose	Shoes in hand, heading home. Better Hope North	The Better Hope Highway is now dry	Waiting for the water to go to restart business
Better Hope North road still under water	This is what the Better Hope South main road looked like today	The road into Plaisance looks a lot drier this afternoon	The Plaisance primary school being used as a shelter	A Plaisance resident heading home
The Plaisance Orphanage was a lot drier when we passed today	A side road in Plaisance a bit drier today	This dead donkey was here for the last 3 days, if I had a truck, I would take it to "City Hall" and throw it inside	The Sugrim Singh road was flooded out just 48 hours ago	Looking into Oleander Gardens, some water still around
Oleander Gardens with some water still on the road.	Oleander Gardens	Atlantic Ville did not have as much flooding as before	We have been using this fence to gauge the water for the last 2 weeks	I saw this man throwing bags of garbage in the main canal of Ogle on Sunday January 30th.