Family displaced in Malé as bad weather continues
Several other incidents on land and at sea have been reported across the Maldives as a bout of bad weather with the onset of the south-west monsoon continues unabated.
22 May 2017, 9:00 AM
Some 18 people were forced out of their home Sunday night when a wall fell on their roof after Malé was buffeted by strong winds.
Parts of a brick wall from the Sosun Flower house in the Henveiru ward of the capital, which was damaged in a fire in December, fell on the Sosun Meade house next door and damaged the roof, according to National Disaster Management Center.
The NDMC arranged temporary accommodation for the displaced family at guesthouses until the roof of the three-storey building could be repaired. The authorities expect the repair work to be completed today.
The gust of strong wind Sunday evening also brought down several trees and a campaign poster of President Abdulla Yameen on Malé’s western waterfront.
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