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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Sections of Portland flooded after days of heavy rain ( RJR )...</span>
Sections of Buff Bay and Windsor Castle in Portland are now flooded following several days of intermittent and heavy rainfall. The water, which is at waist level, has affected eight houses in Dobson Scheme in Buff Bay and Hart Hill in Windsor Castle.The Kildare First Avenue crossing and Hart Hill road are also impassable.Disaster Coordinator for the parish, Denise Lewis says while no shelters have yet been opened, affected residents have been advised to stay with family or friends."We have an emergency response person there who I asked to monitor the situation and as long as those persons are evacuated from their homes then she will go to Buff Bay Primary School to ensure that they are safe," Ms. Lewis said. She says a team has been sent to the Buff Bay Primary School to prepare for evacuees.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Sections of Portland flooded after days of heavy rain ( RJR )...</span>
Sections of Buff Bay and Windsor Castle in Portland are now flooded following several days of intermittent and heavy rainfall. The water, which is at waist level, has affected eight houses in Dobson Scheme in Buff Bay and Hart Hill in Windsor Castle.The Kildare First Avenue crossing and Hart Hill road are also impassable.Disaster Coordinator for the parish, Denise Lewis says while no shelters have yet been opened, affected residents have been advised to stay with family or friends."We have an emergency response person there who I asked to monitor the situation and as long as those persons are evacuated from their homes then she will go to Buff Bay Primary School to ensure that they are safe," Ms. Lewis said. She says a team has been sent to the Buff Bay Primary School to prepare for evacuees.