And while the waters are rising in the River Valley, in San Ignacio- the Macal is receding and in the heart of the town, market vendors are slowly beginning to open up again for business. Jomarie Lanza reports.
While you needed a jet ski to go down to the San Ignacio Market this past Sunday, today market vendors were slowly beginning to open up again after being underwater for days.
It is a costly headache for those who earn their daily bread here in the market. And even after they are through with cleaning, setting back up for business is no easy task
Dianellie Itza, Market Vendor
"And Actually everybody here in the market depends on this so it's a very big loss for each of us. Each day that passes we lose so like I told you, especially that day we had to get extra people to come and help us."
"It's a long process. We started from Monday as the river receded. We came back and washed and we had to wait for the tables and everything to dry and yesterday we came and started to unpack only that area and it was like 3 or 4 of us doing that work."
Lots of work and revenue lost and the PTSD of a flood doesn't fade easily.
El Fogon, Market Vendor
"From the minute we hear the river is coming up anxiety starts to rush in and we are hoping and hoping it won't get to us but this time it did and fortunately enough we had enough warning so we could get out in time and it has taken us ever since the weather started receding on Monday we have been here working."
The San Ignacio low lying bridge remains closed.
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