{"id":3837,"date":"2026-08-26T14:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:06:59","slug":"heavy-rain-and-thunderstorms-impact-trinidad-tobago-remains-calm-amid-itcz-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=3837","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms Impact Trinidad; Tobago Remains Calm Amid ITCZ Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 2:00 PM today, moderate to intense rainfall accompanied by isolated thunderstorms began impacting the East-West Corridor and Port of Spain. These weather conditions are expected to persist over the next hour, raising the possibility of street and flash flooding in affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>The northern coastline and mid-slope regions of Trinidad&#8217;s Northern Range, extending from Toco to Las Cuevas, are also experiencing pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall. In contrast, parts of west-central and southwestern Trinidad are seeing variably cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate showers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these unsettled conditions in Trinidad, Tobago remains relatively calm. The island is expected to maintain mostly settled weather through sunset, with no significant disturbances forecasted.<\/p>\n<p>The current weather patterns across Trinidad and Tobago are being driven by the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). This system continues to bring locally heavy rainfall to the region, underscoring the need for residents to remain vigilant and prepared for changing conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trinidad experiences heavy rain; Tobago remains unaffected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}