Heavy Rain Courses Flood In Lagos Lekki Island Road

Lekki is a high brow environment located within the Eti-Osa LGA of Lagos.
The area is widely seen as an environment only for the reach. As a result, those who reside or own properties in the Lekki axis of Lagos are conceived to belong to the rich class of the society.

The Lekki area which spans from Lekki phase1 all the way to Sangotedo, currently houses several estates, gated residential developments, areas allocated for a Free Trade Zone (FTZ), with an airport, 
and a sea port under construction.

CAUSES OF FLOODING IN LEKKI
A flood occurs when water overflows land that’s normally dry, and this can happen in a multitude of ways.

In the case of the recent rather unfortunate situation that occurred in Lekki, the following points can be seen as the main causes:

SHALLOW DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

The importance of a standard drainage system during road construction cannot be over-emphasized. There are a lot of bad, obstructed and shallow drainage systems within the Lekki axis and they all contributed greatly to the recent Lekki flood.

GULLY

Some areas are naturally in a gully and will continue to experience flooding until a canal is constructed. The appropriate authorities should consider this as pressing issues that require urgent attention.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL


Rainfall is a natural occurrence that could contribute to an environmental disaster such as flooding especially in cases where it becomes excessive and severe. Excessive rainfall, of course, has reportedly been identified as one of the major causes of flooding all over the world. The Lekki axis experienced continues rainfall for almost a week as a result; drainage channels as well as canals that were constructed to deal with the situation became filled up and were subsequently overwhelmed. E.g. Ocean Bay

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