Following a downpour on Friday night, some residents of Uwani area in Enugu, Enugu State are now squatting with relations and friends as the accompanying windstorm destroyed their homes.
The rain also destroyed electrical installations in the area
Some residents of the area told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that the rain caused them huge losses.
A resident of Real Estate in Uwani, Mr. Stanley Eke, said the rain pulled down the roof of the building in which he lived and destroyed other property, which cost had yet to be quantified.
Eke said the rain began with a heavy wind, which blew from different directions and pulled down structures.
"This is a big tragedy to the entire tenants in the building; the property destroyed when estimated will be heartbreaking," he said.
A resident of NgwoStreet, Uwani, Enugu, Mrs. Ngozi Mmadu, told NAN that she returned from a vigil to behold the destruction caused by the storm.
Mmadu said the ordeal from the incident would remain indelible in her mind.
Mr. Emeka Ndukuba, a resident of Nnaji Street, said he tried all he could to save his property but the effort proved futile as most of his possessions were damaged.
Ndukuba said he could only retrieve few of his belongings, which he took the a relative's house with members of his family.
He called on the state government and good spirited individuals to come to their aid.
Meanwhile, most of the residents were seen packing out of the affected buildings.
The Punch