Heavy afternoon showers across parts of central and northern Trinidad brought a violent reminder Trinidad and Tobago is still in the Wet Season, with street and flash flooding across numerous areas.
Up to three inches (75 millimetres) of rainfall was recorded across parts of Chaguanas, Endeavour, and Charlieville where multiple roadways became inundated as drains and small streams reached capacity. Social media was also inundated with videos of flooding within Chaguanas Proper as a number of roads became temporarily impassable.
Officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service were spotted at Eleanor Street and Market Road, Chaguanas on Thursday afternoon rescuing a woman and two children who drove into the highly flooded streets.
The northbound lanes of the Uriah Butler Highway at Chaguanas, and as the rains spread north and west, the eastbound lanes of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in the vicinity of Macoya, also experienced brief street floods.
Roadways turned into rivers in Tunapuna and in Maracas St. Joseph as heavy rains persisted through the mid-afternoon. Parts of the Priority Bus Route in the vicinity of Tunapuna also became impassable due to high flooding.
While there was no official alert, watch, or warning in effect from the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), in their forecast issued at 10:00 AM for this afternoon and tonight, the Met Office said T&T and the southern Windwards should expect, “Mostly sunny with the chance of the odd shower. Fair and cool night.”
