Showing posts with label flood in Calabar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flood in Calabar. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

350 properties absorbed, 1,000 displaced by flood in Calabar




An unprecedented flood has wreaked havoc in Calabar metropolis, Cross River State, destroying over 350 houses and displacing about 1,000 persons.

The ravaging flood, which occurred following a six-hour downpour yesterday morning, adversely affected mobility in most parts of the city.

Areas worst hit by the flood include Target-Goldie and Mayne Avenue, Marian road, Diamond Hill axis, Ete-Agbor street MCC, Wapi junction Marian and Ediba within Calabar South and Municipal council.

Also affected were Yellow Duke, some departments in the University of Calabar and the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) staff quarters in Calabar South Local Government which were submerged.

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