{"id":24490,"date":"2024-11-28T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24490"},"modified":"2024-11-28T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:50:17","slug":"storm-devastates-karasabai-village-in-region-nine-leaving-homes-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/storm-devastates-karasabai-village-in-region-nine-leaving-homes-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Devastates Karasabai Village in Region Nine, Leaving Homes Destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon, November 4, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of Karasabai, Region Nine, are reeling from significant damage after a powerful storm struck the village yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storm, marked by strong winds and heavy rainfall, left 22 homes destroyed, displacing numerous families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A team from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, along with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), was dispatched to the village to engage displaced residents and assess the extent of the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toshao of Karasabai, David Albert, spoke with NCN News about the devastation caused by the storm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reported that four homes were completely destroyed, while others had their roofs blown off, with the aluminum zinc sheets scattered across the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He estimated the damage to be in the millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albert confirmed that the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and the Village Council were already working on alternative measures to assist residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temporary residency and food supplies are being provided to those affected as they await further assistance from government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re expecting them very shortly, and when they come, they will inform us of the government\u2019s plans for recovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, we are doing our best at the local level to restore normalcy,&#8221; Albert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This storm comes just two months after a similar disaster affected residents of Sand Creek Village, also in Region Nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affected villagers continue to rely on local support and await further aid to rebuild their homes and lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon, November 4, 2024 Residents of Karasabai, Region Nine, are reeling from significant damage after a powerful storm struck the village yesterday. The storm, marked by strong winds&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24491,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24490\/revisions\/24491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}