Fourteen days of continuous rainfall in Okutu, Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State, has wreaked havoc in the community, leaving behind submerged and collapsed markets, schools, churches and residential houses.
During a visit to the flooded community by Vanguard, water was gradually receding from some primary schools and Nkwo Okutu Market.
It was gathered that the disaster rendered over 200 persons homeless and damaged property worth millions of Naira, even as all the rivers overflowed their banks.
The situation was worsened by the resurgence of the extinct Adada River, which has its source from Ibagwa-Aka in Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of the state.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Nsukka Local Government, Mr. Tony Ugwu, has sympathised with the community over the flood disaster, even as he expressed happiness that no life was lost.
Ugwu spoke when leaders of the community, led by the traditional ruler, Igwe Dan Ogbonna, visited him in his office. He assured that the local government would assist the victims to ameliorate the effect pending the intervention of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA.
Igwe Ogbonna said a similar disaster occurred in 1990, but said it was not as destructive as the present one.
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