A YEL­LOW Lev­el Ad­verse Weath­er Alert will be ac­ti­vat­ed for both Trinidad and To­ba­go and its sur­round­ing ma­rine ar­eas at 6pm this af­ter­noon and ex­tend to 6pm on Sun­day, Au­gust 19, ac­cord­ing to an ad­vi­so­ry from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS).

Met Ser­vice fore­cast­ers warn:

“Flash flood­ing, street flood­ing and lo­cal­ized pond­ing in low-ly­ing ar­eas are very pos­si­ble. Dur­ing these thun­der­storms, winds can gust in ex­cess of 55km/h. Fre­quent light­ning dis­charge is al­so ex­pect­ed. Hilly ar­eas that are al­ready moist from pre­vi­ous rain­fall ac­tiv­i­ty can ex­pe­ri­ence land­slips as a re­sult of ad­di­tion­al show­ers. Seas can al­so be­come ag­i­tat­ed which can ham­per ma­rine ac­tiv­i­ties.”

In ad­di­tion to mon­i­tor­ing weath­er con­di­tions, the Met Ser­vice is urg­ing the pub­lic to be alert to cloud to ground light­ning ac­tiv­i­ty and do not ven­ture in­to flood wa­ters.