ELIZ­A­BETH GON­ZA­LES

To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

The To­ba­go Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency (TEMA) con­tin­ued its work to­day in as­sess­ing and ad­dress­ing the num­ber of in­ci­dents caused by Thurs­day’s heavy rains.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands land­slides left vil­lages in ar­eas like Par­latu­vi­er, L’Anse Four­mi, and Cas­tara ma­rooned for hours due to blocked roads.

Emer­gency crews re­opened Run­nemede to traf­fic ear­li­er to­day, but cleanup ef­forts con­tin­ued across oth­er af­fect­ed ar­eas.

TEMA re­port­ed 16 in­ci­dents linked to land­slides and fall­en trees, with Ba­co­let, Black Rock, De­laford, Low­lands, and Ma­son Hall among the hard­est-hit com­mu­ni­ties.

Res­i­dents and dri­vers were urged to ex­er­cise cau­tion and avoid un­nec­es­sary trav­el as emer­gency teams con­tin­ued to work to­day, to re­store ac­cess and clear de­bris.

Speak­ing ear­li­er to­day with Guardian Me­dia, TEMA’s di­rec­tor, Al­lan Stew­art, said he ex­pect­ed ad­di­tion­al re­ports on res­i­den­tial in­ci­dents to come in through­out the day.

He al­so un­der­scored the im­por­tance of res­i­dents in af­fect­ed ar­eas con­tin­u­ing to ex­er­cise ex­treme cau­tion, un­til giv­en the all-clear.

“I would like to again make an ap­peal to the trav­el­ling pub­lic … these ar­eas that are prone to land­slide fail­ure is re­al,” Stew­art warned.

He added: “Road users need to look out for these episodes where slope fail­ures may take place and as a re­sult of that bring haz­ard or harm to users of the road­ways.”