{"id":75591,"date":"2015-09-16T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=75591"},"modified":"2015-09-16T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T19:00:29","slug":"torrential-rain-causes-floods-landslides-and-chaos-freetown-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=75591","title":{"rendered":"Torrential rain causes floods, landslides, and chaos Freetown, Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relentless torrential rain has wreaked havoc on the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone today.\u00a0 Most businesses had to close their doors today and vehicles caught in massive traffic jams are under water, with streets looking more like rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding, landslides, have\u00a0destroyed houses and vehicles, and any if at all\u00a0deaths and casualties are unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Is there no end to the suffering of people in this country?\u00a0 Such a tragedy for so many with so little &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Below are scenes from the carnage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75599\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-8-299x500.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-8\" width=\"299\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75598\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-7-500x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-7\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75597\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-6-299x500.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-6\" width=\"299\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75596\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-5-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-5\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75595\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-4-281x500.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-4\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75594\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-3-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-3\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75593\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-2-283x500.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-2\" width=\"283\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75592\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Flood-Sep-2015-1-281x500.jpg\" alt=\"Flood Sep 2015-1\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr 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