Although flood relief centres were filled with stocks by this evening, volunteers found it difficult to get into flood-stricken communities as the Central Plains remained inundated with flood waters.
With high tide expected at 8 pm, hundreds of residents continued to brace for more floods as they remained marooned in their homes.
Kristle Solomon, who was on her way to help her husband Dexter, who became trapped in San Rafael, said she waited for several hours to get help and was eventually offered temporary lodging by someone she does not know.
"I cannot spend the night out here. I need to take a shower. I have no clothes, no drinking water," Solomon said.
Eventually, Solomon managed to drive through the floods to get back to La Horquetta.
"San Rafael and Brazil villagers have not seen help yet. We had to go through high waters. It was either that or sleeping in San Rafael. We came through Wallerfield because the water there went down a bit," she said.
An injured resdient of Greenvale Park, La Horquetta is assisted to safety by residents yesterday..
ABRAHAM DIAZ
Along the Oropouche Basin in South Trinidad, villagers from Debe, Picton and Woodland have already stacked up with sandbags. Social media groups with hotlines were circulated as residents brace for another night of rain.
"We expect that the floods will reach here by late Sunday or Monday if we continue to get rains. For now, we are trying to gather as many sandbags as possible so that we can keep the water out of our homes," Paul Grantley said.
By 5 pm, the Oropouche River near Suchit Trace had broken its banks. The Numbers Four to Six communities along the Rochard Douglas Road started to flood.
Penal/Debe Regional Corporation chairman Dr Allen Sammy said emergency teams are on standby in the event people need to be evacuated. The PDRC recently got two inflatable rafts from the United States Embassy which they plan to use if the flooding gets worse.
Grants available to Flood Victims
Hundreds of citizens who have been affected by flooding in the last 48 hours can access funding to help them on the road to recovery once the waters go down and their lives return to a bit of normalcy.
These are grants available to members of the public from the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services.
1. Disaster Relief
2. Public Assistance (various amounts)
3. Pension ($3,500 maximum)
4. Clothing Grant ($1,000 per family member)
5. Dietary Grant ($600 per month per person)
6. Domestic Help Grant (up to $1,800)
7. Education Grant ($500 per month per child)
8. Funeral Grant (up to $7,000)
9. Household Items ($6,000 generally or $10,000 disaster only
10. Medical Equipment Grant ($7,500)
11. Pharmaceutical Grant ($2,500)
12. Rental Assistance
13. School Supplies Grant
14. Prosthetics (up to $40,000)
15. Food cards
16. Minor House Repairs ($15,000 generally, $20,000 disaster)
17. Sanitary Plumbing ($15,000 max)
18. Electrical House Wiring ($25,000 max)
19. SEED Grant ($15,000 max) *This grant is currently under review
