Southland hit hard by flooding

Several residents were also brought to tears as they recalled watching helplessly, the flood waters invade their homes. Among the areas hit the hardest was the district of La Romaine. In tears mother, Monica Chapman, said she had returned home yesterday evening to see her premises surrounded by flood waters. “I have been living here nearly 50 years and I have never seen water like this in my life. I could not believe it. Tears came to my eyes,” she said. Chapman, who resides at the upstairs of her two-storey house, said that only a month ago her daughter, Tricia Chapman, 38, had moved to the downstairs of the family home. “My daughter had just furnished the downstairs.

She purchased everything brand new and to see everything just floating in the water was really heartbreaking for me,” the emotional woman said.

She said that the family does not know where to start to pick up the pieces of their lives. “My daughter lost everything. Who is going to compensate her for all this? Please tell us,” the mother wept. Nearby, mother of three Marsha Moraine, 38, said that at the time of the flooding she was at home with her two-year-old son Shermar.

“There was rain, thunder and lightning and within a few seconds, I was surrounded by flood waters which kept rising so quickly I had to climb to higher ground with my baby,” she said. The terrified woman said that luckily she was rescued by neighbours. Residents are blaming improper drainage in the area for the cause of the flooding.