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One Dead, One Missing
by SxmGIS
Posted: Aug 1, 2005 19:44 UTC
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Governor Calls for Monday Morning Press Conference
PHILIPSBURG - A person of Indian origin, namely Amareal Sumit Acharya, has been reported missing to the Police authorities after the cloud burst of late afternoon Saturday in the Saunders area.
Governor Richards as Chairman of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has called for a press conference on Monday, August 1st at 10.30am at the Government Administration Building where he will give a complete report of what transpired late Saturday, July 30th.
Governor Franklyn E. Richards earlier on Sunday in a statement extended his deepest sympathy to the Maccou family who tragically lossed Ingrid Maccou late Saturday in the Saunders district area during flash flooding.
Governor Richards who returned from an official visit to Curacao Saturday evening, was given a tour of the island along with Commissioner responsible for Public Works Roy Marlin to get a first hand assessment of the situation after the heavy rains hours earlier from a passing Tropical Wave.
The preliminary assessment revealed that damage has taken place to the road infrastructure where flood waters lifted the asphalt off some of the road network. Government assessment teams are busy compiling damage reports with respect to the estimated costs for repairs.
Clean-up crews have been busy since last night (Saturday) with the removal of debris and this process will continue today, Sunday.
Commissioner Marlin pointed out that the storm drains worked, however a lot of debris among which household debris caused blockage problems. The drain near Ebenezer by the L.B. Scott Road where infrastructure work is being carried out was open to facilitate the flow of rain water from the surrounding hills.
Authorities started to pump water from the Salt Pond on Friday while this activity was started at 8.00pm on Saturday evening for the Fresh Water Pond. The objectives here are to lower the water levels in order for both bodies of water to be able to contain additional water should there be any more heavy rain showers thereby preventing flooding of surrounding residential districts.
Preliminary assessments of the school infrastructure so far reveals that the Ruby Labega Primary School suffered water damage to some of the classrooms. Additional surveys will continue on Sunday with respect to the other school buildings on the island.
The Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles/Aruba section St. Maarten reported 22 millimeters of rainfall at the airport which is not representative of what had fallen in the hillside areas of St. Peters.
The office reports that this was a cloud burst from a Tropical Wave system and the cloud burst was not expected. As of Saturday a flash flood advisory was issued with effect until further notice. Some scattered shower activity is expected to continue throughout today, Sunday.
The public is requested to be patient as road crews are busy cleaning and clearing the road network especially in the St. Peters, Saunders areas.
Governor Franklyn E. Richards
Chairman of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
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