 The Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project has again served the island well. This after the village of Denry withstood the heavy rains associated with a trough on 12th April 2021. More in this report. With more than 114 millimetres of rain within a six-hour period, residents of Denry have come to expect flooded drains, impossible streets, overflowing bridges and a significant impact on commercial activity. The unusual downpour of April 12th tested the engineering designs of the Denry flood mitigation works, which has been a work in progress in the face of this perennial challenge. There's a central drain that goes through Denry from the Green Mountain area that brings in a tremendous amount of water on its way to the sea. There's a moor river as well that carries water from the internal part of the country, from the centre of the island. And all that goes through Denry and goes into the sea. So, and coupled with the fact that Denry is below sea level. The Denry South flood mitigation contract was awarded through a competitive bidding process to triple L construction company and has been undertaken in multiple phases. The project entails the construction of the central drain, improvement to the Chualu drain as the drain is further north, the large one, the construction of two retention ponds and a pumping station and an outlet into the river. We've constructed the central drain, most of it, the outlet into the river and the ponds are coming up next and then after that we'll follow the pumps. We are at what stage? We are at the central drain stage practically 90%. The April deluge was a dress rehearsal for this flood mitigation engineering feats. I'm impressed with what we've done and the performance. I did not expect at this stage for it to be performing so well. What we can expect to see now is further improvements with the network. When it's completed, the idea is that in the extreme events you will see flooding. You cannot eliminate flooding, let's get that right. You can't anywhere but we can design for flood events that are reasonable, that comes every one in 20 years. For the DVRP we use one in 25 years. The comprehensive re-engineering of the drainage system within Denry South forms part of the disaster vulnerability reduction project for Saint-Douche which aims to increase long-term climate resilience by addressing the multifaceted risk associated with rain events. The project consists of five components. The first one being the risk reduction and adaptation measures. This component would support structural and non-structural flood and landslide risk reduction interventions and climate adaptation measures to improve Saint-Douche's resilience against current and future climate shocks. Denry South's re-engineered flood mitigation system is a testament to the mandate of the DVRP. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reports in.