The Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with key na­tion­al agen­cies, has is­sued a Riv­er Lev­el Ad­vi­so­ry as of 1:30 PM on Sat­ur­day, May 18, 2025.

The ad­vi­so­ry, which in­cludes da­ta pro­vid­ed by the Wa­ter Re­sources Agency, the Of­fice of Dis­as­ter Pre­pared­ness and Man­age­ment (ODPM), and oth­er part­ners, high­lights vary­ing riv­er ca­pac­i­ties across the coun­try.

The re­port shows that sev­er­al rivers are near­ing or above 60% ca­pac­i­ty, prompt­ing in­creased mon­i­tor­ing. The Ca­roni Riv­er at Bam­boo Set­tle­ment #3 is cur­rent­ly at 71% ca­pac­i­ty, while Ca­roni Tumpuna and Cunu­pia Riv­er stand at 72% and 68% ca­pac­i­ty re­spec­tive­ly. El Car­men, al­so lo­cat­ed along the Ca­roni Riv­er, is at 66%, and the Manuel Con­go Riv­er is at 63%.

Arou­ca, at 56%, and oth­er rivers such as Cau­ra Riv­er (48%) and South Oropouche (41%) re­main be­low crit­i­cal thresh­olds but con­tin­ue to be ob­served due to po­ten­tial weath­er im­pacts and tidal changes. Low tide is sched­uled for 2:28 PM and high tide at 9:07 PM, which may in­flu­ence riv­er lev­els in some ar­eas.

Con­verse­ly, sev­er­al rivers are reg­is­ter­ing rel­a­tive­ly low ca­pac­i­ties, in­clud­ing the Mar­aval Riv­er (20%), North Oropouche at To­co Road (25%), and the Cipero Riv­er (26%). The Diego Mar­tin Riv­er, cur­rent­ly at 39%, re­mains with­in the low-risk range.

Res­i­dents are urged to stay in­formed and ex­er­cise cau­tion, es­pe­cial­ly those in flood-prone ar­eas. 

The pub­lic is en­cour­aged to con­tact the Dis­as­ter Man­age­ment Units of their re­spec­tive mu­nic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tions for up­dates and as­sis­tance as nec­es­sary.

The Min­istry em­pha­sized that this ad­vi­so­ry is based on the lat­est in­for­ma­tion gen­er­at­ed by the Cor­po­ra­tions’ Dis­as­ter Man­age­ment Units and will be up­dat­ed as new da­ta be­comes avail­able.