By Dayo Johnson, Akure 

Flood wreaked havoc this weekend in Ondo town, Ondo state, destroying property worth millions of naira.

However, there was no loss of life in the ugly incident, which displaced many residents of the town.

Reports had it that the flood was occasioned by a heavy downpour, which lasted several hours on Friday.

Areas affected, according to findings include Itanla, Oka, Odo Ijomu, Bethlehem, Akure-Ondo Expressway among others.

Vanguard learnt that many houses and vehicles in the affected streets were submerged by the flood.

However, in a swift response, the state government said it had ordered evacuation in the affected areas and rapid response had begun to halt further damages.

The Environment Commissioner, Oyeniyi Oseni, in a statement, said that the government had put every necessary machinery in place to avert the flood in the future.

Oseni said that Amphibious Excavators had been deployed into critical erosion-prone areas in the state for dredging.

The commissioner attributed the flooding “to development on waterways in an estate at Fagun and along Ife road area of the community.”

He said that his ministry was going to collaborate with the relevant section of the government to address the unlawful development along the waterways