{"id":64062,"date":"2025-04-11T05:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64062"},"modified":"2025-04-11T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:59:35","slug":"rainstorm-wreaks-havoc-across-abuja-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/11\/rainstorm-wreaks-havoc-across-abuja-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc Across Abuja Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abuja residents are counting their losses after a violent rainstorm swept through several parts of the city on Wednesday night, leaving a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.<\/p>\n

The fierce downpour, which lasted for hours, battered communities including Apo, Karu, Jabi and Karmo, tearing roofs off buildings, flattening houses and reducing businesses to rubble.<\/p>\n

The storm, described by many as the worst in recent times, has displaced hundreds of residents who are now left to salvage what remains of their belongings.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of chaos as winds howled through the night, ripping through churches, schools, residential homes and makeshift shops.<\/p>\n

In some areas, particularly Karu and Apo, over one hundred houses were reported destroyed, leaving families homeless and scrambling for shelter.<\/p>\n

At the Apo mechanic village, seven fully furnished apartments were completely levelled by the storm, forcing the occupants into the streets.<\/p>\n

The owner, visibly distressed, could do little but watch as his investment lay in ruins.<\/p>\n

Oga Christopher, a resident of Apo whose home was badly damaged, expressed deep sorrow over the devastation.<\/p>\n

“I was shocked to see the roof of my house pulled off,” he lamented. “As you can see, the rainstorm has caused a lot of damage to my house, but once there is life, by the grace of God, I will rebuild.”<\/p>\n

Scenes of residents packing debris and moving salvaged items to safer locations dotted the affected neighbourhoods on Thursday morning, as community leaders called for urgent intervention from the authorities.<\/p>\n

So far, no casualties have been reported, but the scale of destruction has reignited calls for better urban planning and disaster preparedness, especially as the rainy season deepens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Idowu Abuja residents are counting their losses after a violent rainstorm swept through several parts of the city on Wednesday night, leaving a trail of destruction and despair in its wake. The fierce downpour, which lasted for hours, battered communities including Apo, Karu, Jabi and Karmo, tearing roofs off buildings, flattening houses and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64065,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64062\/revisions\/64065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}