Staff Reporter
THE number of people affected by the flood in the Oshana Region continued to increase in the past two days.
A total number of 49 households that are affected by the flood have so far been relocated.
The number of tents erected to accommodate those whose houses are flooded has increased from 17 on Saturday to 20 on Sunday. The number of affected households rose from 39 to 49 from Saturday to Sunday.
The number of tents erected in the temporary shelter at Ehenye, Oshakati, now stands at 16 compared to 13 a day before.
Two tents were erected at Adolf in the Ongwediva constituency and two others were put up at Oshinyadhila-1 village.
The number of people now housed at Ehenye is 240 — 121 male and 119 female. That number includes 63 children under the age of five and 66 children in the age group of 6-18.
According to the statistics released by Jonas Kapenda, the head of the Oshana emergency centre, the road infrastructure affected by the flood include the access road to the Oshinyadhila-1 village, Oshakati-East constituency, which was destroyed and washed away near a local Roman Catholic parish.
In the Okaku constituency, the road between Oshityani and Oshoobgela has become impassable.
He also revealed that one household of five, in the Iindangungu village, is surrounded by water and some huts are flooded, but there was no need of relocation. The house dwellers simply moved from one side to the other side of the house.
