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The Abary sluice door on Friday virtually collapsed under pressure from spring tide, threatening to flood low-lying areas along the Belamy drain from Abary to Airyhall, West Coast Berbice, the Ministry of Agriculture said. The Ministry, however, added that swift action from the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) saw immediate mobilization of equipment to block major channels in Burma ...

A section of the western side of Wakenaam Island, Essequibo River, was late Wednesday inundated with flood waters after a koker door collapsed, apparently due to intense pressure from the spring tide. Demerara Waves Online News understands that most of the residents at the village of Sarah were not badly affected because their houses are built on stilts. However, the ...