Heavy rainstorm has killed a 19-year-old girl and destroyed no fewer than 300 houses in Bansan and Irruan communities in Boki Local Government area of Cross River.
Mr John Inaku, the Director General of Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), disclosed this on Monday in Calabar.
Inaku said that the rainstorm came as a result of heavy rain that fell in Bansan and Irruan communities at around 3.00 p.m on Saturday, May 14 and ended around 7.00 p.m.
He said, “Gov. Ben Ayade was shocked when I communicated the news to him. He is a listening governor; he has promised to assist the affected communities with relief materials.
“He has equally asked me to do the total costing of what it would take to send relief materials to the people in other to alleviate their plight”.
He confirmed that the heavy rain storm destroyed no fewer than 72 houses in Bansan, and a 19-year old girl was killed, with over 228 houses affected in Iruan.
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