THE day after heavy flooding hit several areas along the East-West Corridor saw several frustrated families attempting to clean up what was left behind by the flood waters.

At Balthazar Street, in Tunapuna, Natasha Mohammed and her family had no choice but to put out soaked furniture and clear out the entire downstairs portion of her apartment.

Books bought for her daughter were completely ruined by flood waters. The lack of pipe-borne water in the area did not help the situation.

’Water only come for a short period this morning. And when it come, we wash out what we could. I still waiting on the Corporation to come to see what they could do,’ said Mohammed.

Another resident, Wenell John, called in the Fire Service to assist with her clean-up after flood waters led sewage to seep into the home.

John and Mohammed both laid blame for the flooding in the area on a wall which was constructed near a drain a few years ago. ’Ever since that wall build, water coming down here,’ said Mohammed.

At Connell Street, St Augustine, workmen of the Tunapuna/ Piarco Regional Corporation stayed until 3 a.m., clearing the roadway of debris which came from a nearby river.

Resident Fenton James took the day off to clean not only his home, but to assist his neighbour.

Patricia Mejias, chairman of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation, stated the corporation would have its hands full for the rest of the week with clean-up work.

’It’s really bad, so it’s a lot of work still to be done,’ said Mejias, who added they had been receiving help from the Port of Spain City Corporation, the San Juan/ Laventille Regional Corporation and the Fire Service.

Mejias believed the dumping of garbage in drains and waterways contributed to the heavy flooding experienced on Monday.