West Coast villages swamped after unusual high tides

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StarbroekNews.com - 1/17/13, By Starbroek Staff

A home in Cornelia Ida still flooded yesterday, two days after the overtopping of the sea defences by unusually high tides. (Photo by Arian Browne)

A home in Cornelia Ida still flooded yesterday, two days after the overtopping of the sea defences by unusually high tides. (Photo by Arian Browne)

Strong winds and unusually high tides swamped Cornelia Ida and Anna Catherina, on the West Coast of Demerara on Monday afternoon.

The villages were flooded after the enormous waves surged over the sea defences leaving some homeowners contending with water that was waist-high.

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