South grapples with flash flooding
South grapples with flash flooding . 
PARTS of south Trinidad were left under water after torrential rain caused widespread flash flooding to low-lying areas on November 12.
The flood started within hours of a yellow-level alert from the Met Office on that same day, owing to the passage of an Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Floods affected residents in areas such as Penal, Debe, Siparia, Barrackpore and Woodland.
Newsday photographer Lincoln Holder captured these images of the flooding on November 12 and 13.
 
[caption id="attachment_1120608" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Flooding caused traffic along Clarke Road in Penal near Shiva Boys Hindu College on November 12 as drivers took extra care while driving through the water. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120607" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Heavy rain led to widespread flash flooding on November 12, affecting
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South grapples with flash flooding

Residents wade through floodwaters on Lachoos Road, Penal on November 13. - Photo by Lincoln Holder

PARTS of south Trinidad were left under water after torrential rain caused widespread flash flooding to low-lying areas on November 12.

The flood started within hours of a yellow-level alert from the Met Office on that same day, owing to the passage of an Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Floods affected residents in areas such as Penal, Debe, Siparia, Barrackpore and Woodland.

Newsday photographer Lincoln Holder captured these images of the flooding on November 12 and 13.

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PARTS of south Trinidad were left under water after torrential rain caused widespread flash flooding to low-lying areas on November 12.
The flood started within hours of a yellow-level alert from the Met Office on that same day, owing to the passage of an Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Floods affected residents in areas such as Penal, Debe, Siparia, Barrackpore and Woodland.
Newsday photographer Lincoln Holder captured these images of the flooding on November 12 and 13.
 
[caption id="attachment_1120608" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Flooding caused traffic along Clarke Road in Penal near Shiva Boys Hindu College on November 12 as drivers took extra care while driving through the water. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120607" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Heavy rain led to widespread flash flooding on November 12, affecting many areas in south Trinidad, including the Batchyia cemetery in Penal.. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120609" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Shiva Boys' Hindu College students disembark from the tray of a pick-up van after they were rescued by the driver, whose child attends that school, after the institution was affected by flooding on November 12. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120607" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Heavy rain led to widespread flash flooding on November 12, affecting many areas in south Trinidad, including the Batchyia cemetery in Penal.. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120604" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A resident hugs drinking water and cleaning supplies as he makes his way along a flooded Lachoos Road in Penal on November 13. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120611" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A flooded field of banana trees along Goodman Trace, Penal on November 13. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120603" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Siblings Asavari and Anil Goberdhan walk among items damaged by flooding at their preschool, Bridge to Success Academy, on Goodman Trace Penal, on November 13. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120605" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Rose Ramoutar washes the floor of her flood-damaged home near the 51/2 mile mark on Penal Rock Road, on November 13. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1120612" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Residents walk through floodwaters on Pluck Road, Woodland on November 13. - Photo by Lincoln Holder[/caption]
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