The Ministry of Housing, Lands and Marine Affairs has distributed $1.8 million in grants to those who were affected by floods in early August.

In a process that would usually take up to six months, Government was able to expedite and distribute cheques to at least 100 families from the Diego Martin, Maraval, Carenage and Laventille.

The residents were presented with cheques which ranged from $7,000 to up to $30,000.

July 12, 2011: Minister of Works, Jack Warner, assured on Monday that flooding in Port of Spain will be reduced as a result as a $1 million being spent to rent state-of-the-art machinery—an amphibious excavator—to dredge the Dry River.

Warner, Minister in the Ministry of Works Stacy Roopnarine and Permanent Secretary Cheryl Blackman, together with technical staff from the Ministry, toured Sea Lots to view first-hand the commencement of the dredging works.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Port of Spain, October 14, 2005. A handing over ceremony was held on Wednesday October 12, 2005 at the Trinidad and Tobago Embassy in Washington D.C. where Ambassador Marina Valère presented a US$500,000.00 cheque to Dr Emmett Carson, Chief Executive Officer of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, to support relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Dr Carson expressed heartfelt appreciation for the solidarity and substantial support demonstrated by Trinidad and Tobago to the plight of Louisiana.

Among those in attendance at the presentation

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) formerly NEMA stood down its Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) today after it met for the last time this morning.
The EOC was activated when it was determined that Tropical Storm Emily was approaching Trinidad and Tobago and emergency mechanisms had to be alerted for appropriate action.

At the meeting, which was chaired by the Pro Tem Director, ODPM, Dr Myron Chin, members of the Task Force gave a status of operations in areas that were affected by the passing of Tropical Storm Emily.