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Floods, Landslides Leave 20 Dead In Indonesia

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Heavy rains in Indonesia have caused the death of at least 20 people on the island of Java as the monsoon season approaches the island country.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Mitigation Agency, said on Wednesday that the death toll could rise as several people were still missing in West Java’s Garut and Sumedang districts.

About 1,000 villagers have been evacuated from their homes and relocated to make-shift shelters and army barracks, Nugroho said.

Garut is said to be the worst-hit area, where two rivers overflowed on Tuesday night, leaving 16 villagers dead and eight others still missing.

In Sumedang, three villagers died and one person went missing after mudslides buried two houses.

Each year, torrential rains during the monsoon seasons, first from January to March and then from October to December, frequently result in widespread flooding across much of Indonesia.

Heavy raining also triggers landslides, which cause huge losses of human life and livestock as well as property damage.

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Floods Wash Away 29 Cows, Bridges, Farms In Plateau

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The impending flooding warning by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has began to take its toll on residents of Plateau as Tuesday night down pour wreck havoc on residents of a Jos East local government of Plateau.

A Fulani settlement in the local government was washes away by the flood caused by the torrential rain including 29 cows.

The Fulanis had to climb trees to escape been washed away by the flood, but they could not do anything to help their cows do unto the force with which the flood was moving.

Several bridges along Fobor-Angware road and that of Maza road were also washed off by the flood.

The affected bridges has made it impossible for vehicular movement in and out of the local government.

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PPMC Floods Abuja With 186,000 Liters Of Fuel

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As a way of rescue to the current fuel scarcity in the country, the management of Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, in line with the honourable minister of state for petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu’s effort to provide an effective intervention, has flooded Abuja with 31 high capacity truck loads of PMS- each with approximately 60,000 litres- just as another 25 is expected tomorrow. The 31 intervention trucks that have arrived the city of Abuja have been deployed to areas of need. This became possible following the partnership between NNPC Retail and Capital Oil and Gas. In addition, 150 trucks have been provided by A. A. Rano, Azman, and Rahamaniyya. According to the MD, PPMC Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, these interventionist efforts will continue until the queues dissipate. Furthermore, despite not being a regulator, PPMC has made an extra effort to curb the effect of the fuel crisis on the general public by deploying staff to petrol stations across Abuja for round-the-clock monitoring. It is believed that with these measures, normalcy will return to Abuja and its environs in no time. Motorists are therefore advised for the umpteenth time not to engage in panic buying as this will encourage the activities of hoarders.

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Juliet Ibrahim Shares Her Near Death Experience During The Ghana Floods

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The stunningly beautiful actress shared her thoughts thus:

Exactly one week today, Whilst filming #ewhas my new tv series my cast and crew were all inside this house located in Trasacco area and the wall broke down , house and compound was flooded and water level was as high as our waist. Cars were damaged, equipments damaged but we thank God for our lives and we made it out of the compound through the flood leaving everything behind. The following day we went back there and we found out alligator was inside the house; my body creeps knowing
we walked through the flood and such animals were loitering around as well. May the souls of the departed of the tragic flood rest in peace. Amen

Ghanaian President Puts Death In Accra Flood, Fire Disasters At 152

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Ghanaian President, John Mahama, said on Wednesday, that the official death toll in the 3 June flood and fire disasters at a fuel service station in Accra was 152.

Mahama said this in a speech at a national memorial service held in Accra to round off three days of national mourning for the victims of the disasters.

“The search and rescue mission is over the loss that our nation has suffered is incomprehensible.
“The figure is still provisional but we hope we will not find any more dead bodies,” he said.

All flags flew at half-mast during the mourning period and citizens were encouraged to wear black or red arm bands and clothing to mourn with the families of the victims of the tragedies.

Mahama said the process of identifying the dead was ongoing and asked families who have lost loved ones to visit three mortuaries where the bodies were sent to help identify the bodies.

He said in s situation where the bodies could be identified, the government had directed that DNA tests be conducted.
He urged families to present DNA samples so that confirmations can be made.

Mahama said series of mistakes and failings led to the tragedies but said Ghana would ensure that it did not happen again.
The fire occurred when a leaking valve at the fuel service station allowed fuel to be transported to a nearby house where it came into contact with naked flame and caused an explosion.

Several hours of rain caused heavy floods that killed the people, washed away roads, personal properties, vehicles, submerged houses and rendered thousands homeless.

Rev. Eastwood Anaba, President of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries, in his sermon, said the country should tap all expertise available to prevent a recurrence.

He asked the citizens to take the initiative in doing things that would solve problems, sacrifice, collaborate and make available resources, and take “positive action”.

Anaba also urged the international community to assist Ghana in dealing with the problems associated with the tragedy.
“We should improve on every aspect of our society we’ll survive this, we’ll conquer this”, the cleric said. (PANA/NAN)