Persistent rainfall since Saturday caused flooding over most of Paramaribo on Tuesday. Less than one third of the staff and students managed to make it to school. Water covered all of the streets in Zorg en Hoop.
The school looked like an island in a lake of water. Some people took over an hour and a half to make what was usually a ten minute journey. Traffic crawled through most of the city. There were several traffic jams as vehicles stalled in the swiftly running water. There were reports of a few cars being swept into deep ditches and occupants having to be rescued from drowning.
Mr. Taylor sent students back home after two hours as it appeared that the flooding might worsen. The PTA meeting for Tuesday evening was cancelled. Though the flood waters came into the school yard it did not come into the buildings. After five hours the waters began to recede in Zorg en Hoop. By morning most of the streets in our area were free of water. The rains are continuing. The forecast is for rain until the weekend.
