Dominicans are breathing a sigh of relief and giving thanks to God as Tropical Storm Isaac has moved away and spared the country the devastation that we experienced during the passage of Hurricane Maria one year ago.
Prime Minister Skerrit said in a statement on Thursday night that no lives were lost, there were no injuries and damage to infrastructure was not significant from the effects of Isaac.
The Met Office has announced, however, that a flood warning remains in effect for the island because of cloudiness, showers and possible thunderstorm activity that are expected to occur across the Lesser Antilles, including Dominica in the wake of the storm.
Below are some photos and videos which show some of the signs of Isaac’s passing.
From all reports it seems that the dredging that have been going on had its impact on the Rivers that were dredged. In spite of a few lapses here and there. I understand that the dredging will come to an end in December. The question is should the dredging stop? Has the job been completed? After this fantastic undertaking where do we go next. What are the plans for the management of our many Rivers and watersheds?
Let us continue the discussion….
Dredging or not, the rivers will have the same characteristics and rise as they normally do, the big trees up in the bush will fall and the river will bring them down causing blockage at the bridges and causing the rivers to rise and overflow their banks,,,
Put them students at the college to work and make them do a study of the amount of water going down those rivers that could be captured and filtered and then sell,,,
All that water is good water, all that must be done is to filter it, reclaiming it and containing it, for export or even domestic use,,,
A massive Trunkline water system, with multiple reservoirs strategically located islandwide, must be designed to mitigate the excess water these rivers dump into the sea,,,
This is not hard to accomplish, all the study must focus on is the return on investment, in consideration with he shortage of water worldwide,,,
Think about it: any time a little rain falls millions of gallons of water come down through these…
You mean to tell me our elite giving information to the country that everyone should be back to work and everything thing normal however, I am still seeing flooding across the country and there is still update saying Dominica under flood watch what the hell is going on. So if I am at work today I am trap in this. U mean that is the state we are in this country?.
Oh stop wining… It said flood watch, not flood warning.
Like you don’t know were the water come from why people keep in this modern day you still crying about if you at work and it flood you get stuck? get real if you get stuck just stay were you are until the water goes down we wine and cey too much about things we have no control over
For those who prayed for the safe passage of the storm do not lapse on your prayers. We are still in the Hurricane season but God is needed in our lives at ALL times. DO not forget that.
Magnus
yes agreed, God has been good to Dominica. Let us continue to pray against the storms etc. but let us not forget, most importantly to pray for our people. The state of mind of some folks is frightening. Let us pray!
Another Bailey bridge lost its footing AGAIN. Are they installing these bridges not expecting any heavy showers?
Thank you for sharing…
We give thanks and Praise to God! But we must not become complacent as we are still in the hurricane season & we are susceptible to Climate change…
Let us engage in as much disaster preparedness & mitigation as possible. We must continually focus on man made & natural disaster & vulnerability reduction in and out of season as time affords us- before the next inevitable system threatens the Caribbean region this year & beyond.
God Bless Dominica!