34 out of 67 communities in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State are being threatened by flood following the rising level of water in the Orashi River.
\nA source within the affected communities said the situation has thrown the people into panic with farmers embarking on premature harvesting of crops.
\nAccording to the source, most farmlands in the area are also flooded.
\nConfirming the incident in a radio interview in Port Harcourt, a member of Ahoada West Flood Management Committee, Mr Meshach Uyi said farmers in the affected communities have been asked to harvest their crops to avoid being destroyed by the flood.
\nAccording to him, 34 out of 67 communities in the local government area are on dangers of being submerged due to the rising water level in the area.
\nMr Meshach Uyi said\u00a0 \u00a0all the farmlands within the 34 communities are already submerged.
\nAccording to him, the\u00a0 situation has led to premature harvesting of crops by farmers in the area.
\nHe\u00a0 said the local goverent council has also setup 14 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the area.
\nUyi said the camps are located at Akinima,Ubeta, Mbiama, and Odhiolugboji.
\nOthers are: Okogbe, Ihuaje, Ogbogolo, Isua (Joinkrama 2), Okarki and Ahoada among others.
\nUyi said the central Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)\u00a0 \u00a0camp at the council headquarters\u00a0 Akinima has a capacity of 8500 while the two camps at Isua Joinkrama will take1000 people each.
\nHe said a robust sensitisation programme has been carried out across the local government area to sensitise the communities of the impending flood disasters.
\nAccording to Uyi, who is also an environmentalist, a flood preparedness plan was also put in place by\u00a0 the council, adding that the plan addresses pre-flooding, flooding and post flooding issues.
\nHe stressed the need for the federal government to find a lasting solution to the problems by not only dredge the Orashi river but construct a dam across the River Benue to contain water from the Cameroun.
\nAlso speaking, the supervisor for information and communications,\u00a0 Ahoada West Local Government Area, Madu Madueke said the various camps have been properly equipped to take care of the needs of the internally displaced persons.
\nHe said a robust sensitization and enlightenment campaigns have been carried out across the area with the five languages spoken by the people.
\nAccording to him, people are being advised to move to the internally displaced persons camps to avoid being caught up by the flood.
\nHe said, as a local government area that is used to perennial flooding, the council is leaving no stone unturned to mitigate the effects of the flood disasters this time around.<\/p>\n
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