According to reports, a family of six people drowned as a result of flooding that hit Anambra State's Anambra East Local Council Area.
This brings the total number of individuals who have so far perished in the torrential floods that are wreaking havoc in Anambra State's riverine communities to roughly 23.
Last Friday, three individuals died in Awka North Council and sixteen people reportedly drowned in Umunankwo, Ogbaru Local Council.
The family in the Nzam village incident drowned in their home after it was flooded, according to newsmen.
In a viral video, young people from the neighbourhood can be seen removing corpses from their home and dumping them in an upland area.
The video also shows the bodies consisting of a woman, her four children and her sister.
A narrator in the video said the family was already prepared to leave for a safe place before they were swept away by the floods.
Meanwhile, newsmen learnt that a bridge connecting several communities in Ogbaru Local Council has collapsed.
Also, the only access road connecting communities on Ogbaru Local Council has been cut at two different points
As a result of this, thousands of persons already marooned by this year’s flooding have been cut off from their kith and kin.
The affected communities, sources said, include Umunankwo, Mputu, Ogwuaniocha, Ossomala, Obeagwe, Akili Ogidi and Ogwuikpele.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC), House of Representatives candidate for Ogbaru Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election, Princess Helen Nkechi Isamade, has lamented the tragedy that visited Ogbaru, her constituency.
“I have lost my good people; the flooding has devastated our land and people. Why should flooding be a yearly unwelcome experience for my people who lose everything each time it happened? Their homes, farmland agricultural produce and everything they sweated to produce in the last year has been destroyed. Government must find a way of doing more to protect my people from this yearly tragedy,” she cried.
Also commenting on the latest development, former member of the House of Representatives, Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, reiterated his earlier calls on the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to redouble efforts in providing succour for the people of Ogbaru.