flood warning for barbados

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Provided by the Barbados Meteorological Service
Valid: November 22, 2004 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
BARBADOS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

FLOOD WARNING
7:00am Monday, November 22, 2004

A persistent trough that has been in the area for the last few days together with a low-level trough produced persistent moderate to heavy showers during the night.

These conditions are expected to persist over the island today and with the saturated conditions of the ground any additional rain is likely to produce flooding in some areas.

Residents in flood prone areas should be on the alert and take the necessary precautions.


Already, it has been a wet month on Barbados. With 67mm of rain falling at Grantley Adams' Airport in the 12 hours to 6am this morning, the month's grand total now stands near 294mm (close to a foot of rain) . Other parts of the island have seen more than this, particularly in the north and north-west...as witnessed Sunday.


Torrential rains have been pounding Trinidad this past weekend also. One death was attributed to severe flash flooding in the North-western part of the island on Sunday afternoon.
The Trinidad/Tobago Met. Office has warned of severe river basin flooding today in portions of Central Trinidad with run-off from Sunday's heavy rains over the Northern mountains.

-justin-