3yr-old girl, 5 others die in flood
...as 40 communities sacked, *Workers, residents abandoned cars, homes, resort to boats A three-year-old girl and five other persons reportedly drowned in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State as floods ravaged the state. Meanwhile. getting to Asaba, the Delta State capital, from other parts of the state has become a herculean task for residents and workers as the ever-busy Ugbolu/Illah Road, Oshimili North Local Government Area has been taken over by flood. The people can only access the state capital using boats to cross the flooded portions. On the Rivers flood, Mr Obed Douglas said the girl drowned at Okwuzi community in Egbema area of ONELGA while one of the victims died at Omoku. He said four of the incidences were reported in different communities in Ndoni area, calling on the government for urgent attention to rescue some residents still managing within the affected communities. The leader of Egbema Voice of Freedom, Mr Evaristus Nicholas, exp...