National disaster coordinators and senior government officials from Barbados and across the region are better equipped to respond to natural disasters and hazard impacts in their respective jurisdictions.

Word of this has come from a senior official at the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) whose department recently facilitated the second annual consultation of officials of the Central Sub-Region of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency's (CDEMA) system, which recently came off on May 8 and 9 at the DEM's, Warrens headquarters.

On Thursday 10th May the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) hosted a stakeholder consultation to develop standardized procedures and guidelines for managing incidents involving large marine passenger vessels.

EVENT:
As a result of heavy and continuous rainfall over the last 72 hours, several areas in all ten (10) Regions of Guyana were reported to be flooded. The water levels at the four (4) locations in the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) have been recorded as follows:

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EVENT:
As a result of heavy and continuous rainfall over the last 60 hours, several areas in all ten (10) Regions of Guyana were reported to be flooded. The water level in the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) over the last three (3) days fluctuated as follows: