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Windstorm has destroyed over 100 houses in Okubuchi community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State.
According to reports, over 500 households have been displaced from their ancestral homes and are now seeking refuge in nearby communities due to the windstorm.
A community leader, Mr Anthony Ewah-Obi who conducted newsmen around the affected community on Monday, said the windstorm occurred on July 16.
Ewah-Obi told newsmen that properties estimated at N1.5 billion were destroyed by the storm.
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He said that the disaster pulled down trees, and destroyed houses and economic trees, among others.
In his words, “We have not had this kind of disaster before now in our community. The windstorm destroyed over 100 houses including economic trees and other valuables.
“As we speak, over 500 households have been displaced as a result. Many of them are now refugees in nearby communities.
“We are looking forward to the Federal and State Governments’ intervention because our people are stranded. It is not easy for a man and his family to seek refuge in a house that is not his.”
(NAN)
