Rain And Flood, 24th October 2011

..To have a taste of bitter pills. ..This is what some people go through every time it rained!!! ..and I was caught up in it,  on this fateful day!





New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City




New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City




New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City




New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City



New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City



New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City


New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City





View from the ground, New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City



New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City


New Lagos Road, off Ugbowo Road, New Benin, Benin City



New Lagos Road, off  UgbowoRoad, New Benin, Benin City




Ugbowo Road, Benin City. People struggling with their vehicles in the flood
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View from the bus I was in, which was a bigger bus. Ugbowo Road, around Uselu Shell. People struggling with their vehicles, in the flood. It was a very pathetic sight.




People struggle to safety, in the flood




What a pathetic sight to behold



indeed the rainstorm was a nightmare


Ugbowo Road, Benin City




flood


trying to get through the flood but not so lucky


some vehicles making their way through


Ugbowo Road, Benin City






Note: update as at 2015, this problem is no longer present as proper drainage had been constructed to tackle the problem here.