{"id":202475,"date":"2016-03-29T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=202475"},"modified":"2016-03-29T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T11:15:55","slug":"ho-floods-after-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/ho-floods-after-heavy-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho floods after heavy rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heavy rains left the Ho Township flooded and in darkness on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202480 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/flooding-in-ho-5.jpg\" alt=\"flooding in ho (5)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rains which started at the early hours of the night and lasted for more than an hour hit many parts of the town with roofs ripped off and cars stuck in flood waters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202479 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/flooding-in-ho-4.jpg\" alt=\"flooding in ho (4)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Choked drains and culverts overflowed with debris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some roads within the capital which flooded include the Dome-Barracks, YMCA-Civic Centre-Asanyame, OLA-Market and Poly roads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202478 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/flooding-in-ho-3.jpg\" alt=\"flooding in ho (3)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students who left for the Easter Holidays with their Hostel Rooms locked might return to meet their belongings soaked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202477 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/flooding-in-ho-2.jpg\" alt=\"flooding in ho (2)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Citi News<\/strong> visits to Awula, Bulawayo and Divine star Hostels located along the roads leading to the main entrance of Ho Polytechnic saw how the flood swept through their premises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was a power outage which lasted for almost an hour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202476 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/flooding-in-ho-1.jpg\" alt=\"flooding in ho (1)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> the Mr. Simon Miles Bakar the Volta Regional Coordinator of NADMO said his men have been deployed to assess the extent of damage. 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