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Heavy downpour rendered many homeless in Benue

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John Charles, Makurdi
Several houses in Makurdi metropolis were on Sunday flooded following four hours of heavy down pour.
The rain which started around 11:56 pm on Saturday and lasted till 4.08am Sunday morning has rendered many people homeless.
The worst hit areas are Zone 4, Atusa, Nyiman, some areas of Wadatta, Gana all in the capital city of Makurdi.
A residence of Nyima, Ms Jane Iorhember a mother of two told our correspondent that the surging water woke her up around 2.30 am only to discover that the outside of their house had been flooded.
According to her, ‘I did not know the actual time the rain started but I woke up when I felt something cold in my body only to discover that the mattress was already soaked, this was around 2.30am
“At this time there was no light so I put on my torch light and tiptoed to the living room where the whole area was flooded and when I peeped outside only to behold the whole compound already flooded and water was flowing into the living room”.
“I rushed and woke up my kids in case of any eventuality, we tried to pack some perishable items like electronics into one of the rooms until the rain subsided around 4 am. You can see that the water is gradually receding from the living room”, Jane said.
Source: punchng.com
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