Over 100 residents in the area have been displaced from their ancestral homes following the incident. Calabar Nigeria Flooding
The houses, which were brought down after a heavy rainfall on Sept. 10 and Sept. 11, stood beside a ravine in the community.
According to Akpan, over 100 residents in the area have been displaced from their ancestral homes following the incident. “As you can see, we are in danger. Some of the landlords are now tenants. We are appealing to government in tears to help us. According to him, when the ravine started building up, the community had to plant bamboo trees to curb the widening of the ravine.
Ayim said that the assessment would be sent to the zonal office of the National Emergency Management Agency for transmission to the agency’s headquarters in Abuja for prompt response.
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