14 Jul 2014

Flood menace

Adibe Emenyonu 

Torrential rainfall Monday   in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State has claimed the lives of four persons among whom was an undergraduate .

The rain  which  started around 11 am on the fateful day, was also reported to have caused serious flooding, destroying over 50 houses and properties worth millions of naira.

Two of the victims,  a young girl and a pastor were said to be travelling to Igarra from Auchi in a commercial vehicle alongside other passengers when their vehicle broke down in Egbigere about five minutes drive to their destination and when they attempted to push the vehicle, the flood occasioned by the rain swept them off the road into a nearby stream where they drowned.

Their dead bodies were discovered the next morning while the two other victims, a middle aged man in Utua area of the community was said to have visited a friend when the building collapsed on him, while the undergraduate was swept away by the flood while coming home from school. Their bodies were also recovered the following morning.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/rainstorm-claims-four-lives-destroys-50-houses-in-edo/183589/

So sad

Stoo bad

R.I.P to the dead. There is need for proper drainage systems to prevent flooding. We cannot stop the rain from falling but we can stop it from making us fall.