TROPICAL Storm Bret dumped not only rain on Trinidad between Monday night and yesterday, but also lots of misery as hundreds of families were left cleaning up the mess left by the storm. Many remained stranded in their homes up to press time yesterday in the hardest hit areas of the south land, central and along the east coast.
THE Assocaition of Trinidad and Tobago Insurance Companies (ATTIC) is warning the country to still exercise extreme caution as post-Tropical Storm Bret flooding remains a clean hazard.
A 43-YEAR-OLD man slipped off a sheet of galvanize and fell to his death outside his Las Lomas No. 2 house during the early morning hours yesterday while Tropical Storm Bret was pounding Trinidad.
TROPICAL Storm Bret not only ripped the roof off several houses in the Mayaro/ Rio Claro region but also disrupted water and electricity supplies to a large section of that sprawling south-eastern community.
MOST schools are set to reopen today after being ordered closed by the Education Ministry yesterday because of the passage of Tropical Storm Bret. A media release from the ministry stated that eight schools will remain closed today as clean up work and repairs are ongoing.
TWO Latinos were among three men murdered in John John, Laventille on Monday afternoon.