Authors
- Oluwayemisi Ireti OgunleyeDepartment of Geography and Planning Science, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Ekiti State University, P.M.B 5363, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
- Segun Joseph ArohunsoroDepartment of Geography and Planning Science, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Ekiti State University, P.M.B 5363, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
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Keywords:
Disaster, Rainstorm, Rainstorm disaster, Relief measures, Livelihood
Abstract
This study assessed the socio-economic impacts of the rainstorm disaster which occurred on 3rd March, 2023 on the livelihood of the residents of Ikole LGA in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study area is prone to recurring rainstorms, a natural and metrological disaster that has ravaged the livelihoods of the residents of Ekiti State. The weather (sunshine hours, temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, visibility, wind direction, wind speed and rainfall) information of Ikole LGA on 3rd March 2023 was obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Oshodi, Lagos, and the incidence/profile of rainstorm in Ikole LGA on the same day was obtained from the Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency. A well–designed and structured questionnaire was administered to respondents to obtain information on the kind of losses encountered by the victims of rainstorm disasters in the locations and the coping strategies they adopted in mitigating the effects of the disaster. The data collected from the victims were analyzed with an SPSS package, presented in tables and followed with discussion. The results showed that the rainstorm brought about socio-economic hardship on the victims in the study area. It was discovered that some of the relief measures on the ground were short-term measures which provided no lasting solution to the menace. Some general measures suggested among others to mitigate the effects of rainstorms include proper construction of a stormwater drainage system in the study area and the Planting of low-height vegetation that can serve as wind-break.
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