A heavy rainstorm has left no fewer than 2,000 residents homeless and destroyed valuable property in Fugar community, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the rainstorm, which occurred during a heavy downpour on Monday, destroyed homes, hundreds of livestock and displaced the residents, including women and children.
Although no life was reportedly lost, two persons were, however, said to have been hospitalised after sustaining injuries in the storm.
It was also gathered that the worst hit areas were Ivinone, Ulumoghie, Iviocha and Iviavia in the local government.
During an assessment of the affected community and the victims, the Deputy Governor, Pius Odubu, while commiserating with the residents over the loss of property and their temporary displacement, decried the level of damage caused by the storm.
Odubu, who was accompanied by other government officials, assured the victims that government, in collaboration with the federal government, would soon commence the distribution of relief materials to alleviate the plight of the affected residents.
The Chairman of Etsako Central Local Government Area, Mr. Emmanuel Momoh, while explaining that 116 houses and essential amenities, such as electric polls, were affected by the disaster, disclosed that the council had begun the disbursement of relief materials.
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