Adverse weather alert remains in effect

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice says in­ter­mit­tent rain­fall, with a low chance of iso­lat­ed thun­der­storms, will con­tin­ue to af­fect Trinidad and, to a less­er ex­tent, To­ba­go as an Ad­verse Weath­er Alert at the yel­low lev­el re­mains in ef­fect.

Ac­cord­ing to a me­dia re­lease from the Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice, the con­di­tions are ex­pect­ed to per­sist through­out to­day and in­to to­mor­row, with some set­tled pe­ri­ods in be­tween. The alert, first is­sued ear­li­er this week, is set to end at 12 pm to­mor­row.

The Met Of­fice said ma­jor rivers re­main con­tained but el­e­vat­ed, while strong low-lev­el winds have caused open-wa­ter seas to be­come oc­ca­sion­al­ly rough, with waves at times ex­ceed­ing 2.5 me­tres.

The re­lease warned that small­er wa­ter­cours­es and drains may be­come over­whelmed dur­ing heav­ier rain­fall, par­tic­u­lar­ly near high tide around 3 pm to­day and again around 4.30 am to­mor­row. It added that heavy or pro­longed rain­fall could lead to street flood­ing, lo­calised pond­ing, and a height­ened risk of land­slides or land­slips in vul­ner­a­ble ar­eas. Rough seas al­so pose a haz­ard to small craft and nearshore ac­tiv­i­ties.

The Met Of­fice said gusty winds above 55 km/hr may ac­com­pa­ny heavy down­pours, in­creas­ing the like­li­hood of fall­en trees, dis­placed out­door items, and fur­ther ag­i­tat­ed seas.

“Se­cure loose out­door ob­jects. Mo­torists and res­i­dents in ar­eas prone to land­slides, land­slips or flood­ing, es­pe­cial­ly those liv­ing near riv­er cours­es, should re­main alert and aware of their sur­round­ings and chang­ing weath­er con­di­tions. Ex­er­cise cau­tion in all ma­rine ac­tiv­i­ties,” the ser­vice said.