Over the weekend within a span of 24 hours, the republic of Trinidad and Tobago was dealing with massive flooding following two earthquakes. The massive flooding caused destruction in the country and led Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley to declare it an national disaster .

There no reports of injuries as a result of the quakes, however according to the UWI Seismic Research Center, the first, smaller one occurred on Saturday, around 4:41 p.m. That magnitude 4.2 tremor struck 92 km south of Barbados’ capital, Bridgetown; 166 km northeast of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; and 191 km southeast of Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Sunday afternoon a 5.1 magnitude quake was recorded 78 km northeast of Scarborough, Trinidad 161 km northeast of Arima, Trinidad ; and 181 km northeast of the capital, Port of Spain. There were reports of residents of Trinidad and Tobago feeling the tremor. But the focus there was on the massive flooding that resulted from days of heavy rainfall that started on Friday.

Minister Rohan Sinanan said the country had received the equivalent of one month’s rainfall in a three-day period. Homes were flooded out, and residents were trapped on roofs and on top partially-submerged vehicles as they sought to escape the rising flood waters. Some of the severe flooring stemmed from the overflowing of the Caroni River.

Both disaster officials and residents used boats and dinghies to get the marooned residents to safety and deliver food and other supplies to areas inundated by flood waters.

This is a national disaster, the flooding is quite widespread and quite severe and it is going to cost a lot of money to bring relief to people who have been affected,” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said on Saturday after touring some of the affected areas.

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