Greetings from Bani!
The river has really gone down; it's only about waist deep but still flowing very quickly. People who still have houses near the river are trying to salvage anything. Everyone is shovelling out mud and using the muddy river water to get out most of the mud from clothes, shoes, house, etc. Mattresses are drying out all over. Shoes are on the roofs. Some people have salvaged stuffed toys and these are drying on the roofs as well. But everywhere there is mud, mud, and more mud!. The narrow streets, if you can call them that as they are only about fifteen feet wide, have water and mud in the middle and people are walking close to the houses on more solid ground. Thanks be to God that the sun has been out these last two days and most people have electricity. Some areas are still marooned

Today being Sunday, prayers were offered in the churches for those who died. They say that 59 people died in Santa Rosa which is a barrio of Bani, south of the bridge. That is where most of the houses were lost although several other areas had people who lost houses as well. In one area part of the road has been eaten away.

This evening we had two periods of rain - not for long, but the rain really came down. When will it all end?

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