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Sierra Leoneans ordered to stay at home due to floods | Sierra Leoneans ordered to stay at home due to floods |
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Sierra Leone's government has ordered people to stay at home after flooding killed four people and damaged parts of the capital, Freetown. | Sierra Leone's government has ordered people to stay at home after flooding killed four people and damaged parts of the capital, Freetown. |
But it says that those in "vulnerable areas" close to the coast and on hill tops should move to a safer place. | But it says that those in "vulnerable areas" close to the coast and on hill tops should move to a safer place. |
Emergency accommodation for people already made homeless has been set up at the national football stadium. | |
The government has warned that heavy rains are forecast for the next six days. | The government has warned that heavy rains are forecast for the next six days. |
An unknown number of people have been injured and the authorities say they are deploying extra health staff. | |
As the Ebola virus remains a threat in the country, the clustering of flood victims inside a stadium could pose a new challenge, reports the BBC's Umaru Fofana from Freetown. | |
The only people exempt from the stay-at-home order, apart from those working in essential services, are school children who are currently sitting their public exams, and a bus service has been set up to take them to school. | |
But people do not appear to be heeding the order as many are out on the streets, our correspondent says. | |
The security services have rescued people in some coastal areas where informal settlements have been hardest hit. | |
The country's main referral hospital, the Connaught Hospital, has also been affected as operations have been cancelled because the theatre has been flooded. |