The early Friday waves swept 11 houses off their foundation in the Popo Beach, Fundaye, Colonel West and Lagoon communities, leaving affected residents to seek new abode.
In an interview with the Liberia News Agency, Slewion Konto Freeman, Secretary to the Governor of the Borough, said the erosion is now threatening the lives of the people, who mostly depend on the sea for survival.
Konto also said that the governor is in touch with the national government over the matter, but noted it would be too difficult to resist the sea as a community alone.
LINA WSTD/JGT/PTK
Erosion Displaces Scores In New Kru Town
4 June 2014, 11:57 am Written by Micat Liberia
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LINA Bulletin
MONROVIA, June 3 (LINA) – Scores of residents of the Borough of New Kru Town in Monrovia have been made homeless and properties worth thousands of dollars lost in the aftermath of strong waves that hit the area at the weekend.
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