A week after we arrived and settled into Lagos, the "7 day" rain began. It rained daily to the point that the unreliable drainage in the city was overwhelmed. The Lekki peninsula bore the brunt of the flood. It was water, water every where. Lekki expressway and parts of Victoria Island were impassable. Some houses and estates were flooded. It was an experience to drive though some of the roads. You couldn't get around Lagos island without an SUV.
This video of a man canoeing through the Galleria in V.I. was popular on some social media circles.
Unfortunately, there is no official measure of the amount of rain that fell. Thus it is impossible to know how this compares to previous flooding. Neither is the government likely to invest in the right planning and infrastructure to deal with this. Instead, as with a lot of things here, we will wait till next time to bemoan the poor drainage.
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