Chai! Na wah oh! South Africa don enter serious gbege as dem declare national disaster because of heavy rains wey don cause wahala since last year. Na 30 people don die for this matter and e don scatter plenty houses and roads for the northern part of di country.
The kasala burst from di top when di head of National Disaster Management Center, Elias Sithole, come make di announcement on Sunday. As dem declare am, na im dey allow di national government to begin coordinate rescue efforts wey plenty people dey cry for since di floods start.
The northern provinces wey dey receive dis bad weather, na Limpopo and Mpumalanga, na there dem see di highest casualties. But no be only dem, other provinces too dey suffer this naija-type rainfall wey no wan gree stop. Dem say over 100 people don die for South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe since dis rain wahala begin.
Kruger National Park sef no escape as di floods force dem to close am down. Dem don dey evac tourists and staff from flooded areas come put dem for safer locations. Na serious matter be dis wey don enter for wetin dey happen for Limpopo where di premier don talk say di damage reach about $240 million. Many houses don vanish like say dem no dey again.
For Mozambique, na so e be as well. Dem say heavy rains dey cause rivers to burst, and people dey climb tree and roof like monkey wey wan escape from danger. One woman don even born pikin for top roof while she dey wait for help. Abeg, this one no be film o! Na real life!
Rescue efforts slow, but dem dey try. Authorities dey search for survivors while some areas don dey begin recover small. National Parks don talk say dem go open di park for day visitation from tomorrow, but make everybody dey careful oh! Flood no be small paddy.
This matter no good at all, we just pray say as dem dey do rescue, dem go fit manage to save more lives. Na serious wahala wey dey go on for these poor people wey dem don suffer plenty from flood.
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