Heavy flooding has severely ravaged at least 46 communities in Abia, killing two children, an official of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said.
Mr Sunny Jackson, the Head, Planning, Forecasting and Operations of the agency, made this known in Umuahia on Monday.
Jackson said that the children drowned when flood submerged their home in Akoli Ohazu Autonomous Community in Aba South Local Government Area (LGA) sometime in July.
He said that SEMA gathered that the mother of the deceased was busy trying to salvage her property when the flood surged into her house and drowned the children.
Jackson further said that the 46 affected communities cut across 13 local government areas of the state and that Aba South Local Government area topped the list with 11 communities.
He said that Aba North came second, followed by Obingwa, Osisioma and Ugwunagbo council…
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