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March 20, 2019
No fewer than 46 houses and a monarch’s palace  were destroyed by a rainstorm in Are Ekiti, a town in Ifelodun/Irepodun LocalGovernment Area of Ekiti.
The incident, which followed  three days of downpour, has thrown the community into a state of apprehension asmany victims have been  displaced.
The Alare of Are Ekiti, Oba Boluade Adebiyi, whoconfirmed the incident on Wednesday, told NAN that the property of hissubjects, including a section of the palace, were affected.
He appealed to both the state and the FederalGovernments to come to the aid of the community.
One of the victims of the rainstorm, AyodeleAnisulowo, lamented that the roof of his family house was blown off whilemembers of the family had been rendered homeless.
Other towns affected, included Governor Kayode Fayemi’s hometown of Isan Ekiti and Iludun in Oye Local Government Area.