Heavy rainfall destroys properties worth millions in Imo state

The third rain of the year, yesterday, visited parts of Imo State with flooding, destroying property worth millions of Naira in the process.
The rainstorm, which was accompanied by thunderstorm, started in the early hours of the day and continued in Owerri metro-polis till about 6.15am.
Our correspondent, who later monitored the incident when the rain subsided, noticed that parts of Douglas Road, Christ Church Road and some of the adjoining streets in Owerri municipality were completely taken over by flood.

Residents of parts of Egbu, Owerri North Local Government Area and some other streets close to the Relief Market were not spared the trauma of seeing their personal effects floating in the flood.
A trader, who simply gave her name as Mama Caro, lamented that “some traders in the Main Market and Relief Market, especially those that never envisaged the rainfall, suffered serious economic setback, following the destruction of their wares.”
Similarly, politicians’ billboards and posters were not spared, as the ferocious wind that accompanied the rain equally pulled a lot of them down.
Some buildings in Owerri and most communities that experienced the storm, suffered varying degrees of damage.
A resident of Owerri, Mazi Rufus Chika, blamed the flooding of part of the municipality on what he called “the abandonment of the monthly clean up exercise since the present state administration came on board.”

source: www.vanguardngr.com