Heavy rains have caused flooding in the capital of Sierra Leone! Freetown

In Freetown after heavy rains yesterday Sunday, August 28th, 2022, thousands of people living in hilltop communities as well as low-lying areas have been displaced.
Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone has become a disaster-prone area, due to environmental degradation as people cut down trees to make way for unsustainable housing settlements on hills and valleys.
Most of the major roads in Freetown were transformed to heavy flowing rivers after several hours of rainfall, posing serious threats to life and property.
Although the country’s Met Office and the Freetown City Council had issued warnings of impending catastrophe, few had paid attention to the dangers of blocked drains, tree-felling, and overpopulation in Freetown.
Yesterday evening, the Office of National Security issued a dire report of flash floods and landslides in several communities in the Western Area.
It said that “in Kanikay, Culvert, Kaningo and Tengbeh Town, some houses and major roads are reportedly flooded leaving residents trapped in the raging waters and their properties destroyed.
This is the second spate of heavy rain in Freetown in the last 2 weeks. Areas of the city including Culvert and Kroo Bay were flooded after a heavy downpour on 17 August, 2022.
The heavy downpours experienced this August points to the impact and consequence of global warming and climate change. But years of poor urban planning and mismanagement of the city’s resources are an enormous contributor to flooding across Freetown.

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