Honiara Flash Floods

Overview of China Town in along the Matanikau river in Honiara, Solomon Islands, during the flash floods in early April this year. It was a devastating flood which claimed at least 21 lives, destroy homes, food gardens, bridges, roads, displacing approximately 9,400 people,  and affecting about 52,000 people;  12,000 in Honiara and about 40,000 in Guadalcanal. The National Disaster Management Office in Solomon Islands said that this was the first ever flash flood to hit the country in its history. Currently the country is yet to recover from the disaster as it continues to receive assistance from donor countries, organizations and groups in its recovery and rehabilitation process. This has put a set back on the country’s development as growing nation which has just gone through lawlessness and disorder over the last decade. Photo Credit : Face Book, Solomon Islands In Pictures