Three farmers in Anaku, Ayamelum local government area of the Anambra state have lost their lives after heavy flooding ravaged communities in Riverine areas of Anambra North.

Tragedy struck on Thursday, September 7, when one of the deceased Obiorah Emeka had gone to check his fish trap which, it was later gathered, had made serious catch with fish overflowing the trap due to the flooding. He did not know that the current of the flooding was high and dangerous. As he approached the trap with his boat he got swept away by the violent current of the heavy flooding and disappeared without any trace. His corpse which had begun to swell was sported floating on the flooded farms the next day.

At about the same time Obiorah had fallen victim to the flood, another middle-aged man, Anthony Ikegbunam Nwakaeze had gone to rescue the remaining yam tubers in his farm which had been overwhelmed by heavy flooding. He had uprooted the yams earlier while the flooding was building up, in order not to leave them to rot in the water-logged ground. He took some to safety and as he returned to carry the remaining tubers, he did not know that the flooding had increased in current and mass. He got swept away in the flooded farm and also disappeared without a trace. His corpse was also seen afloat the flooded farm the next day after fruitless rescue operation.
A third man, an elderly farmer, Oranyelu Egwuatu Nwato, had died of High Blood Pressure in his home after he realized he witnessed his farmland flooded by water with all the crops in it.

These tragic incidents have thrown the entire Anaku community into mourning, prompting them to intensify their call on the State government to come to their rescue over the incidents of flooding affecting their communities.
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