Following persistent downpour in the early hours on Tuesday, several parts of Owerri metropolis, Imo State, have been submerged in flood shutting down
The rains, which started at about 9:15 pm, lasted for several hours during which flood covered major streets in the metropolis.
At Akwakuma area of Owerri North and Ihiagwa area of Owerri West, many houses were flooded and many people forcefully stayed indoors as flood took over the communities. DAILY POST visited Tetlow Street at the school road junction where some motorists were forced to divert to the adjoining streets so as to beat the spot where the flood largely covered the road.
DAILY POST correspondent who monitored the flood along Owerri- Okigwe road saw three buses stuck in a ditch. One of the buses was sighted at the roundabout close to Government House while the two others got stuck just before the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps office.
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