Anxiety as flood hits Yenagoa

Several homes in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have been submerged by flood following heavy downpour.

Though the rainy season is yet to reach its peak, many  homes and roads especially those in the flood prone areas of Yenagoa are already under water.


The development is now causing anxiety among residents, especially with the recent warning by Nigeria Metrological Agency that states in the coastal part of the country would experience more rainfall with its attendant flooding.

Some of the affected families and business outfits were forced to resort to the use of pumping machines to drain water off their premises.

Our correspondent who went round the town noticed that many buildings in the Tombia, Edepie, Yenizue-Gene,  Biogbolo, Yenizue-Epie, Ekeki, Onopa and Ovom areas had been overtaken by flood.

A resident of Ekeki, who simply gave his name as Gabriel told Vanguard that he has been making frantic efforts to salvaged his belongings from his submerged home following the heavy rainfall in Yenagoa.

He said: "It has not been easy for us, we are yet to reach the peak of the rainy season, but look at what we are passing."
He was not alone in this dilemma as other residents on Osiri Road were also overwhelmed by the downpour.
Another resident, Ebi Thomas, blamed the perennial problem on the absence of functional drainage in the neighbourhood as well as the low topography of the area.