Property worth millions of naira was destroyed by a flood on Friday after a downpour in the Ondo West Local Government Area of the state.
The downpour, which started at about 3 p.m., was reported to have wreaked havoc on some streets in the town, such as Ita-Nla Road, Oke-Odunwo, Odojomu, Oke-Idera, and Iluyemi, among others.
A source said that the Ita-Nla area of the town was the worst hit, adding that scores of vehicles, motorcycles, shops, and other valuables were submerged by the flood, but no lives were reportedly lost in the incident.
Meanwhile, The Ondo State Government has sympathised with the Osemawe of Ondo and the people of Ondo Kingdom following the flash flood that occurred in some communities.
This is just as Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has ordered the evacuation of the affected areas and rapid response of the government to halt further damages.
The State Commissioner for Environment, Oyeniyi Oseni, in a signed statement, declared that the State Government had put all necessary machinery in place to prevent the possible flooding predicted by NIMET noting that Amphibious excavators were deployed to critical erosion-prone areas in the state for dredging.
