Guyana is taking advantage of the country's current dry weather to clean out clogged drains, sewer pipes and gutters in hopes of easing flooding during the next rainy season.
A multiagency task force says in a statement that millions are being spent on the cleanup.
Heavy rainfall during two wet seasons, roughly in January and in May, usually floods large parts of the capital city and coast. Flooding made worse by clogged drains typically forces the closure of schools and government offices and paralyzes large parts of commercial Georgetown.
Task Force spokesman Freddie Flatts says workers are racing to complete the cleaning before year's end, when the next rainy season is expected to begin.
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