Emergency response teams have been working on the ground across the Essequibo Coast following yesterday’s heavy winds and rainfall yesterday, which left more than one hundred homes and government buildings badly damaged.

Overnight, tarpaulins were installed on the roofs of Riverstown Primary School and Richmond Nursery, while repairs have been completed on the roof of the Guyana Fire Service living quarters in Anna Regina. Additionally, affected homes have received tarpaulins to serve as temporary roof covers.

President Irfaan Ali, along with a team of government and state officials visited the affected areas yesterday to assess the damages and pledged supposed.

“We have the Men on Mission and Army engineering core, they are going to make an assessment with you as to what is needed in these houses and we will give you the zinc to replace those zinc, we will work with you to get you that zinc by tomorrow morning (today,” the President assured.

Teams continued working throughout the night and have so far engaged more than 70 affected households, with assessments along the coast involving affected families ongoing.

Additionally, repairs have been completed on Flora Nursery School’s roof and the Department of Education Building, in Anna Regina, while temporary covers have been placed on some of the other affected public buildings, with damage assessments completed on others.

“So we have had a full assessment of what is happening in the region here. All of the residents have described this as the highest winds they have ever seen. The damage on the service seems not elaborate, but when you go into the communities we have more 120 roofs that have already been reported in the system. We have had between extensive to moderate damage. We have a lot school, and a list of public infrastructure that has damages, at the stadium, a section damage that was in the full direction of the wind, the others are in tact,” the President noted.

One teacher from the Riverstown Primary School is currently receiving treatment at the Lima Hospital after she was injured following the collapse of a wall at the school.

No other major injuries have been reported so far.

Seven teams have been deployed from Charity to Riverstown and Lima Sands to conduct damage assessments and ensure that affected families receive the support they need as the President promised that no effort will be spared to ensure that persons receive the help they need following the incident.

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