The Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government has advised of the measures that they have put in place to deal with the current Adverse Weather Alert 2.

The following are some of the measures put in place so far:

• All Municipal Police are in the field providing live on-site confirmation updates. Trinidad has experienced episodes of street and flash flooding and river and riverine breaches are being actively monitored. Please NOTE that run off of water is impacted by High Tide at 1:30 pm today.
• The Minister of Rural Development and Local Government (RDLG), the Hon. Faris Al-Rawi conferred with Government Agencies, as well as through RDLG’s Disaster Management Units (DMU) to all 14 Municipal Corporations. RDLG also coordinated with WASA, T&TEC, Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force, Trinidad and Tobago Municipal Police Service, National Quarries Company Limited and SWMCOL.
• A call to all agencies and response bodies was made to engage all preparatory and relief procedures for the current adverse weather conditions.
• Reports of flash flooding in areas have been received and the relevant bodies have been deployed to address it accordingly. The tide is currently raising as high tide is at 1:30 pm, this will result in the delayed run-off of flash flooding. Motorists are asked to exercise extreme precautions on roadways.
• Members of the public are encouraged to reach out and communicate with the DMUs of all 14 Corporations to report flooding, request for relief and other issues that may lead to blockage of roadways and water courses and/or which may pose a risk to life and property. Members of the public are also reminded to approach their respective Corporations for the distribution of sandbags if necessary.

For anyone that needs help below are the DMU hotline listings:

Arima 800-2ABC (2222)
Chaguanas 800-DCBC (3222)
Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo 800-CTTC (2882)
Diego Martin 800-DMRC (3672)
Mayaro/Rio Claro 800-4MRC
(4672) Penal/Debe 800-PDRC (7372)
Point Fortin 800-PFBC (7322)
Port-of-Spain 800-PSCC (7722)
Princes Town 800-PTRC (7872)
San Fernando 800-SCDU (7238)
San Juan/Laventille 800-SLRC (7572)
Sangre Grande 800-SGRC (7472)
Siparia 800-4SRC (4772)
Tunapuna/Piarco 800-TPRC (8772)