Wet weather continues, Brac roads flooded
(CNS): As the National Weather Service forecasts more heavy rains across the Cayman area over the weekend and into next week, police issued a warning to drivers on Cayman Brac Friday afternoon as roads on the Sister Island were becoming waterlogged. An RCIPS spokesperson said as heavy rains and lightning persisted, the South Side Road and Spot Bay Road were showing early signs of flooding and more rain was expected.
Unsettled weather conditions are expected to continue over the Cayman area as a surface trough continues to interact with an upper level trough over the western Caribbean. Radar images also show scattered showers moving towards the east-northeast. The local weather experts also indicted that more flooding was likely next week.
Grand Cayman suffered serious flooding across the island on Wednesday (see video report) but heavy rains continued intermittently with localized heavy showers through Thursday and Friday and residents are being warned that the very wet weather isn’t over yet.
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Whilst, absent a full blown hurricane these flooding events are few and far between, they do show that the continued development in Cayman with more and more “hard” surfaces replacing open natural sites has exposed the lack of planning for dealing with water dispersal.