A major landslide occurred underneath the Canefield Cliff earlier today bringing down tons of dirt and huge boulders which completely blocked that part of the E.O. Leblanc Highway for some time.
Reports reaching DNO indicate that clearing of the road began shortly afterwards when earth-moving equipment was brought to the scene.
DNO has so far received no word of any injuries or deaths as a result of the landslide.
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Based upon the pictures, it’s just a matter of time before further landslides occur. The face of the cliff
needs to be properly sloped. Get the engineers to the site ASAP – lives could be in danger.
I was delighted to be able to drive along the Highway shortly after the clearing of the landslide under the Canefield Cliff. However, I was struck by the fact that it seems that all the material that came from the Cliff was dumped over the wall into the Sea. I would like us to have a discussion on the disposing of such materials. Especially in the light of the category 5 Hurricane Maria and all the stuff to be disposed off.
Let us have a healthy dialogue.. “Taking care of our common home (Earth) is our responsibility”, says Pope Francis.
Man bites Dogs, would like to say to you rat bags who keeps on saying all nasty things about Dominica if you lots don’t like what is happening through not our fault you guys could always p*ss off we do not want any nasty political supporters at this point of time when Dominicans are on their knees, I just hope DNO this time will let me express my opinion because I am sick and tired of some of the people from the UK, US, Losers workers supporters without any pride of themselves and also Dominicans that keeps on bashing Dr Skerrit Pm for no reason at all, Because am sure that lots could not do anything better for themselves and for their children.
If GOD is sending all of these natural disasters to warn Dominica, since He is a consistent GOD, then He is certainly warning many other countries including St Marteen, Tortola, Barbuda, USVI, Puerto Rico, St Barts, USA (California, Houston, Florida, the Gulf States), Italy (earthquakes) USA (tornadoes), China (earthquakes), Taiwan and Phillipines (typhoons), Mexico (hurricanes and earthquakes) etc. etc. etc. GOD’s Word is warning enough for us, but we pay no heed. By the way according to historical details, (verified by Dr Lennox Honychurch) terrible Hurricanes have been impacting D0minica from time immemorial (1700s). Is it that GOD was warning us from since then using natural disasters? ehbien nous ni tete dis. GOD’s Word my people – is warning enough !!!
This has nothing to do with God.
Come on People, Dominica has done nothing to reap the devastation, look at the world there are disasters all over not just Dominica yes we are getting the brunt of it but it comes from Global warming, not Dominica we are people and we are Human, Gay’s, Skerrit, evil people has nothing to do with the disasters. Dominica is the most eco friendly island, its the pollution and gasses being put out in the air and the warming of the waters but other countries that’s affecting us its Nature’s way of telling us to take care of the earth. pretty soon it will affect more at home and abroad as it has already done.
People stop talking Bad about the country and do and say things to uplift the people that are there suffering these devastation .. Have you guys no shame because maybe you felt the need or had the opportunity to leave you want to condemn the island.
All of this falls under the heading of weather weaponization.
There is no global warming. That term is inaccurate. The situation is much more complex than that and involves organizations such as NASA, NOA, HAARP, and the AIR FORCE mainly. They deal in weather modification and weather weaponization. You just experienced weather weaponization. They can manage where the hurricane goes and as well start or stop them.
It is time for Dominicans to stop talking and start doing. There is a lot of work to be done so that next time hardly any houses are devastated.
Because of the proximity of the highway to such a steep cliff, the lives of motorists traveling on this particular road is always in jeopardy especially when there are heavy and consistent downpours. That cliff should be shelved and netted. Urgent attention should be given to this situation before anyone should meet his/her untimely demise as a result of the falling boulders. Just staring at that cliff is frightening. The security and safety of all citizens and residents should be made top priority.
They need to put those nets on that hillside/ cliff to prevent slides onto the road.
And that’s the only road to roseau… fix that
Dominicans praying only increase the calamity wrought upon this land !!!
But how you build a “highway” under such a cliff without shelving the cliff? More will soon come down. When people who know God foretell of the inevitable things to expect; those who run the media/medium are very quick to delete and discard their post. But it’s God, still, through His Mercies, why we didn’t unearth some dead bodies from this incident.
Dominica is not for. The faint-hearted. It has never been and never will be.
That cliff is actually a good distance from the road; besides that road has been around for a very long time and in fact was widened . This landslide appears to be a result of over saturation of water caused by constant rainfall especially after the hurricane .
The state of Da today reminds me of the story of Israel in Joshua 7:1-26. The first 6 chapters talks about the tremendous victories of Israel, until ONE man, by the name of Achan messed things up and Israel went from one defeat after another until they decided to take care of the Achan in the camp. Like Israel, Skerrit build highway but every single one of them destroyed whether he named them after Liverpool or Leblanc. His bridges went, he built houses but they are destroyed all over; he built toilets and they are gone back to square one, his schools are attacked, I mean everything the man set his hand to do ends up in a failure or mourning. We have become the mourning nation of the Caribbean be it in car crash, flood damage, hurricane, or just sun. Can we not see something is not right? That’s what Israel experienced until God told them their was sin in the camp that they needed to deal with. So as soon as they dealt with Achan they were restored again Skerrit is our Achan
You are a big idiot …..Is it Dominica alone have natural disaster. …You are just a political fool…..Nothing that’s man made is stronger than natural disaster.. …I guess if if were the opposition in power there would be no natural disaster to destroy the works of the opposition wonder if some of you have any brains at all …Sometimes u all talk out of your minds.
Boy Dominica is very frightening these days. We are like a war zone where no one knows what to expect. Is one day is Pitit savanne, next time Grandbay, next day Roseau, or Portsmouth, or Marigot, or penville, or Bense, or the west coast. Where is safe in Dominica these days? You think Skerrit now owing some forces and they attacking him and his interest boy? I mean Dominica is being attacked on every side man; is from one to the other. Can you all not see that somebody is trying to tell us to get rid of Skerrit otherwise we will go from one crisis to another?
My God is watching and sending all these prophetic messages but we are yet to take heed. STOP equating evil devious, lying , santanic worshiping men to Jesus. Tell them enough is enough Dominica and STOP being apologists and “trumpet blowers” for self interests and stand for what is right.. God I is definitely not pleased with us as a nation but we continue to displease him by being hypocrites to the ills of society like lambs being led to the slaughter.
Remember; Erika, Penville 5, several unsolved serial murders, so many hurricane related deaths in 2yrs, Salisbury tear gassed, Roseau tear gassed and opposition members accused of treason, arrested, charged, harassed, politicians and businessmen accused of child rape but cannot face justice, passports sold to all and sundry with no accountability, oh god how much more…..*
Assertive and ?!
If it’s not one thing, it’s another. Dominica can’t catch a break. Hopefully, our bad luck has bottomed out and many years of prosperity are in the cards.
Thanks be to God and luckily no deaths !!
People forget about god and follow all cr*p they see on tv gay use to hide now public people not going to church curse falling on the place lord please help our country
If according to you is because of gay and people not going to church we are being judged then I must say god is unfair to us because we are one of the countries with fewer gays and fewer people not going to church. Stop hiding behind church and religion because church is not God. The truth is, the church became corrupt through Skerrit and got to the point where they bless evil and curse good. To them Skerrit can do anything wrong and they will find a scripture to justify his evil. The Church ought to have been God’s voice to the nation but through greed we have become advocates and supporters of evil. No wonder were not spared because when the church blesses evil they cannot condemn wrong and therefore evil will prevail. God saw that and like the flood of Noah, he had to act. Sorry but over the years we have seen the destruction one after the other. Don’t you think God saw how we used Christmas day to firebomb the house of GON Emmanuel and we said nothing?
God is most loving, tender-hearted and forgiving. Why do these religious diehards always equate disasters, misfortune and wickedness with God? You overly zealous hypocrites, stop attributing all negative and destructive events to God. Some dangers occur naturally, others are man-made. Stop your asininity of accusing the Creator of evil doings.
I am not a religious person , but with all what is happening in Dominica I think the lord is trying to tell us that we need to be Humble to our fellow men and woman, we need to come together as a people and build forward as a people , we are to mean to each other , I use to sit in Roseau when I am on vacation from the States and try to say hello to passers by and they would look at you with disdain, the looting that occurred after the hurricane could have been preventable if Mr Cabon the chief of police had done his homework , the power that be is good at closing the barn door after the Horses are out , let us stop making the same mistakes over and over lets learn from our mistakes and build a better Dominica.
With the debris Santa Maria left on the streets of Roseau you expect Police to run after VOLEUR. In a sad moment after all voleur pofiteé to LOOT people store.
The only way to prevent the looting is to raise the children right not to steal, even if it was men stealing they were once children and should have been thought, no one expected a cat 5 hurricane how can you prepare for such devastation when so much areas are affected. Train and teach children not to steal and respect other people and property.
No speed limit under that cliff after that rock is cleared off, neither would one expect officers to endanger their lives remaining after dark or waiting to baway after curfew peeps all in the “call of duty””