Fear Of Imminent Flood Grips Bayelsa Communities

[Shola Sholaz]

Fears that flood may again ravage the riverine communities in Bayelsa State have heightened as the rivers in the state have started rising.
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The development is now causing anxiety among the locals in flood prone communities.
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Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, had early in the year warned coastal states of the South South to brace up for another devastating flood.
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Though flood has been an annual occurrence in Bayelsa State, subjecting the people to extreme poverty and developmental challenges, it was never considered a problem until it devastated several communities across the country last year.
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The anxiety of the people is understandable as the state is the receptacle of the country's water flow and virtually every community in the state is located by rivers, creeks and canals, making them vulnerable to flooding and land- slide.
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Our correspondent who went round the riverine communities in Sagbama, Kolokuma-Opokuma and Yenagoa Local Government Areas, noticed the rapid rise in the river level after the recent August break.

[Folami David]

Flood has proven to be a huge disaster on its own in this country so I don't blame people when they're seriously scared of it. It took lives away!