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Floods take toll on T&T<\/a> TT’s capital of flood<\/a><\/p>\n City Gate shuts down<\/a> Commuters gridlocked<\/a> Bridge collapses<\/a> Floods maroon Marabella residents<\/a><\/p>\n …Distress calls pour in<\/a> <\/p>\n Sleeping four-year-old killed in mudslide<\/a><\/p>\n
\nStill reeling from the effects of Monday’s heavy rains and flooding, Port-of-Spain suffered another major blow yesterday as several disasters, natural and otherwise, shut down vehicular and pedestrian movement in and around the capital city.
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\nThousands stranded as massive floods, landslides cripple East-West Corridor<\/p>\n
\nPort-of-Spain came to a standstill yesterday as thousands of commuters were stranded while making their way into and out of the capital city because of muddy waters that flooded major streets. <\/p>\n
\nIncessant rains over the past few days, coupled with yesterday’s inclement weather resulted in flooding, landslides and left students marooned at a primary school in Bourg Mulatresse.<\/p>\n
\nIt was stress for motorists heading west and east along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway yesterday as the collapse of the B 1\/12 bridge at Macoya caused them to be caught in hours of traffic yesterday morning. The situation had worsened by afternoon as heavy showers caused flooding in several parts of the east-west corridor.<\/p>\n