For hours when the rain, that was preceded by a cloudy weather and darkened skyline subsided, the result was still felt across the metropolis, and in some near communities in Ogun State.
Trees on several of the foremost streets gave thanks to the wind, even as some lamp stands, traffic signal stands, medium masts, electrical poles and signages that would not stand up to the storm fell on vehicles and buildings. The traffic jam on major roads was trying. The rain that fell within the early hours of the day destroyed buildings and vehicles, and noncontinuous business activities.
The rain, that started concerning 8:35 a.m. and was characterized by robust winds caused destruction in Oshodi, Agege, Abule-Egba, Iyana-Ipaja, Ikeja, Ketu, Ojota, Somolu, city earth, Oworonsoki, Oyingbo and Ebute Metta areas. Others places affected embody city Island, Ajegunle, Surulere, Mushin, Iganmu, Gbagada and Ikoyi.
At Oke Eri Street in Oworonshoki, soaked personal valuables like garments, piece of furniture and documents were washed into the streets. At the Kingsway Road and Alfred the Great Rewane Road in Ikoyi, trees fell on cars. On Toyin Street in Ikeja, a tree that fell, block the road, caused traffic jam across the world. The story was an equivalent in alternative elements of Ikeja, Agege, Abule Egba and therefore the Lagos-Abeokuta throughway.
At the Ogudu finish of the Lagos-Ibadan throughway, the traffic was nearly at a standstill as fresh water took over the road, forcing motorists to maneuver at snail speed. At Agric space of Ikorodu, the water level on a road resulting in Asolo in Isawo was knee-deep. consistent with eyewitnesses, pedestrians, tricycles and sedan vehicles struggled to go through the flood.
A resident, Obanla Segun, aforesaid Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ought to be blame for the flooding because of his alleged non-sensitivity to environmental sanitation.
“Ever since Governor Ambode stopped the city State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) operation within the state, it's become a retardant for America. additionally the termination of the monthly environmental sanitation while not one thing to handle however waste would be properly exhausted has been a disaster,” he said.
Oluwaseun Sola, a resident in Niger-Congo space of Ogun State aforesaid the rainfall destroyed property round the Niger-Congo bridge and caused traffic jam because of a nasty road network. “It is surprising that we have a tendency to still witness precipitation that destroys several property. i used to be making ready to travel to the workplace however suddenly the sky turned dark and wind started processing. Before I knew it, the wind had blown off the roof of 2 buildings in my neighbourhood. I now left the stop to cover myself from disaster,” he said.
Though it absolutely was expected to be a respite from the new weather that several individuals had bitterly complained concerning recently, yesterday’s rainfall left the residents with such a lot worry.
At a recent event, a former Commissioner for the surroundings throughout the Babatunde Fashola administration, Adesegun Oniru, warned of imminent flooding unless acceptable preventive measures were taken to forestall it.
Oniru said: “A few months before the commencement of the time of year, the govt ought to have cleared all the voidance systems. we'd like to hold out de-silting of the voidance currently to prevent flooding, particularly in Victoria Island. the development of the Eko urban center helped in artefact the result. while not the Eko urban center, there would are no additional Victoria Island as a result of the results of global climate change.”
An meliorist, Mr. Taiwo Adewole, additionally charged the state and native governments to begin early clearing of the voidance to stop flood. Of explicit concern to Adewole is that the would like for residents to prevent patronizing edge refuse collectors, whom he aforesaid would solely collect waste from varied homes for a fee and dump the lots in canals. This development, he said, was counter-productive and capable of exposing the state to flooding.
Also, the Nigerian meteorologic Agency (NiMet) had foretold cloudy atmospheric condition with doable widespread of electric storm in several elements of the country at the weekend.
The Federal Republic of Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency had additionally recently warned that concerning 380 regime areas in thirty five states across the country would suffer flooding this year. city is one in all the coastal states that ar liable to flood anytime there's significant precipitation.
In its reaction to the rainfall yesterday, the regime assured city residents that it had place in situ necessary measures to handle the challenges exhibit by significant precipitation, because the time of year approaches.
In a joint statement, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of knowledge and Strategy, Mr. Fola Adeyemi and his counterpart within the Ministry of the surroundings, Mr. Abiodun Bamgboye, urged the residents to stay calm, describing the unpredictable pattern of precipitation presently being intimate as a natural outcome of global climate change.
The government expressed that “it isn't uncommon to sometimes expertise flash-floods, particularly in an exceedingly coastal state like city, additionally as throughout rain of high intensity, because it occurred nowadays. we have a tendency to assure Lagosians that in an exceedingly matter of your time, they'll all disappear and be contained by the drainages.”
The statement additionally assured Lagosians that relevant government agencies had been placed on qui vive to adequately answer any unforeseen prevalence, throughout rains of high intensity additionally as take out fallen trees and electricity poles, and confront the other emergency, throughout the rains.
The arrive some elements of town left thousands of residents stranded because it created several major roads unpassable and went into living homes and offices, whereas mass of plastics and nylons washed out from blocked drains untidy the streets.
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