Floods kill two children in Anambra

Felix Oti, Awka

Floods, occasioned by heavy rain at the week end, kil led two children in diffe rent locat ions in Nkwele Awka, in the Awka South Local Govern ment of Anam bra State.

The deceased were said to between the ages of four and seven years.

While one of the kids was swept away by the flood while disposing refuse on the flood channel, the other was flushed by the flood while trying to rescue his slippers being carried away.

A source said, “The mother had sent the girl on an errand to go and dispose their waste when she was caught up by the flood.

“She was pouring the waste inside the drainage when her leg suddenly slipped and she fell inside the drainage and was carried away by the heavy flood.”