Massara village among many battling flood waters

Remote Area Medical is assisting the Region 9 authorities in gathering data on flooded communities. Pictured here is Massara village reduced to a series of shrinking islands observed on a recent medevac flight.

Reports are coming in (via HF radio) from multiple communities throughout the Rupununi of flooded houses leading collapsed mud walls, and many farms, roads and bridges severely affected.

The organization's aircraft remains the only available link to an increasing number of poor isolated villages due to deteriorating conditions exacerbated by the severe rainy season.