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Toronto – On Monday, Four people were killed in flooding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital.
The City’s Fire and Disaster Risk Management Commission has confirmed the news on its social media update. However, it did not release further information including which part of the city the accident happened and the identity of the victims.
Also the number of victims is not verified from other sources.
The department seemed to have linked the accident to an urban planning issue. ” it is known that the city administration is working on identifying unplanned riverside constructions that are vulnerable to flooding and fundamentally resolving the problem durably through [construction] that are planned,” said the update from Fire and Disaster Risk Management Commission.
The division also called on residents to implement alert messages from ” the city administration and Fire and Disaster Risk Management Commission.” It is however unclear if the Division sent out an alert message to residents regarding the flooding on Monday that claimed the lives of four…
