Does your city or town still get flooded in the rain?
By Tunde
@ogbenishyna (2956)
August 15, 2023 4:46am CST
Flooding seems to be a woroldwide problem and no matter how much the government prepares for it, it will come when it will. Many cities in africa are flooded constantly especially during the raining season despite the money spent in preventing it from year to year.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Aug
Some streets in my city flood if we get a lot of rain all at once. But the city doesn't flood. Our city is on a high point in our geographical area so the water subsides very quickly.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
15 Aug
That's so lucky of you. Sometimes when it rains heavily I would avoid some streets due to flooding waters
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Aug
@Laurakemunto We apparently got over 5 inches/127 mm of rain this past weekend. There is a culvert at the end of our back yard that was full of water the entire weekend.
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@ogbenishyna (2956)
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15 Aug
You are really lucky to have your city located at such a point.
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@AmbiePam (85637)
• United States
16 Aug
@ogbenishyna I doubt it. Don’t get me wrong, when it floods it isn’t Noah’s Ark, but it is always flooding some part of the city. This time they are trying to figure out a better drainage system, because the ones that work fine for other places aren’t working for us.
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@ogbenishyna (2956)
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16 Aug
They are finding a solution for decades? will they ever find one??
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@May2k8 (18094)
• Indonesia
16 Aug
@ogbenishyna water is abundant here and we need to get it to where it is needed more.
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@ogbenishyna (2956)
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15 Aug
lucky you. I know Indonesia is an Island surrounded by water.
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@ogbenishyna (2956)
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15 Aug
hmm, so if the planning is sustainable the flood goes fast, I agree with you.
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@arunima25 (85442)
• Bangalore, India
15 Aug
Last two years my city got too much of continuous rain and so many areas were flooded for few weeks. It was lot of inconvenience. Luckily, our area was not. But we still got issues with supplies of basic things for few days as flood affected the transport badly.
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@arunima25 (85442)
• Bangalore, India
15 Aug
@ogbenishyna They are doing their bit ( though not as much they should,). But then at times, no preparedness is enough when it comes to excessive rain.
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@ogbenishyna (2956)
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15 Aug
Thats seem bad, hope the government is finding a solution to it.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
15 Aug
Some streets so when there's heavy down pour due to the terrain and sometimes the drainage
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