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– nurse begs for help after roof blown offA freak phenomena in the Essequibo River on Sunday has left one Fort Island family shaken and without a roof.Residents of the island,Avery Bradley Celtics Jersey, located some seven miles up the Essequibo River from Parika,Brook Lopez Nets Jersey, recalled seeing black skies and churning waters before the island went darker around midday.For the 30-year-old Zalisa Debidin, who is the government’s nurse stationed on that island,Karl Malone USA Jersey, it was her worse nightmare.Within minutes, her roof was blown off, taking one of the sidewalls with it.“I lose everything…all meh clothes,Authentic Kyrie Irving Cavaliers Jersey, rations…everything. I don’t even have clothes to wear. We are asking anybody,Dirk Nowitzki Mavericks Jersey, the government,Kevin Durant USA Jersey, or anybody for help.”Debidin lives there with her four sons and a physically disabled sister.“One of my sons had to jump over the verandah when the roof started to come off. He injured he hand.”Another resident, Clara Mittleholzer, has donated a tarpaulin,Authentic Kemba Walker Hornets Jersey, a case of a little too late.“All our beds and blanket are damaged. The rains only ease up just now (yesterday afternoon).”According to Debidin,James Harden USA Jersey, the incident happened around 12:00hrs with the skies becoming darker.“We see the water start to rise higher like heavy breeze hitting it.”The water started to spill over the river defence,DeMar DeRozan USA Jersey, and with it came the breeze.Mittleholzer remembered seeing the water being whipped around the Essequibo River.The homes on Fort Island face the river and line the river defence.The resident said the entire island became dark and there was stillness before the rains came.According to Debidin, she had never seen anything of the sort before.Another resident yesterday described the incident as similar to a mini-tsunami. |
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