Flood: towards many homeless
The abundant rainfall that has hit Cameroon's cities in the first half of 2018, in addition to major material damage, is causing panic and desolation among the inhabitants, some of whom are forced to leave their homes. On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, Douala is under water with whole districts flooded (Akwa, Ndokoti, Bépanda, Bonaberi, Makèpe, etc.), the roads submerged by the waters, the national road n ° 3 connecting the economic capital to the political capital Yaounde cut off following the collapse of a nozzle in Nyassa, disrupting traffic between the two largest cities. Some have spoken of "Black Wednesday". In Maroua in the Far North, torrential rains have engulfed neighborhoods and villages. The traffic is difficult between Maroua and the cities of Mokolo, Gazawa and the service of the international airport of Maroua-Salak. The Mayor of Maroua I speaks of an unprecedented disaster.
