Flood sacks Ebonyi community
The flood, which sacked more than 2,500 residents, also destroyed properties alongside farmlands and livestock.It was gathered that properties belonging to the victims were still trapped inside as resident scampered to safety.
It was gathered that apart from the houses, the flooding also destroyed shops and markets in the community. Mbe attributed the flooding to lack of drainage system in the community, the numerous mining activities going on in the place and the hilly nature of the area as the flood runs down from the hills and cause damage to the houses in the area.
When contacted, Coordinator, Amasiri Development Center, Mrs. Ngozi Chika Ezeugo, said that the development centre has taken count of all the properties, households, farmlands and livestock destroyed by the flood and has also written to the State Emergency Management Agency SEMA for assistance to the affacted peesons.
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