Flood Submerges 30 Buildings In Owerri

No fewer than 30 build
ings located in densely populated Works Layout in Amakohia area, Owerri, were submerged by flood following a down pour in the town last Friday evening.
The rain which started at about 6 p.m. and lasted till about 8.30 p.m. that fateful day caused flooding that affected property worth millions of naira in some parts of the town.
Cloths, cooking pots, plates, bags, books, and tricycles were seen floating on the flood.
Although no building collapsed, the flooding collapsed the fence of some buildings leading to water flowing into houses.
The areas badly affected within the Works Layout area are Mgbeahuru Street, Road C, and Road B in Amakohia Housing Estate Owerri where almost all the upstairs buildings had the ground floors covered with water.
A resident of the area, Mr Kelechi Uzohu, blamed the flooding on poor road construction by contractors engaged to rehabilitate the road from the Standard Shoe Industry Amakohia to Imo State University junction.
“The gutter constructed by the construction workers now is narrow and can no longer contain large volume of water such as the former one built by past government and because of this, we record serious flooding here’’, he said.
Another victim, Mr Emma Ugochukwu said but for the prompt intervention of his neighbours his two children and sister, in-law would have drowned in the flood.
“I was still on my way back home when the rain started and I stopped somewhere for the rain to subside.
“Unknown to me that flood had already covered my flat with my two children trapped in my flat with my 12-year old sister in-law.
“It was my fellow tenants who noticed that I was not yet back that rushed and forced my door open to rescue them’’, he said.