urged caution from residents busts the residents themselves have been slow to react in a country susceptible to flooding. the flood waters came when these people were sleeping they didn't have chance to think about saving their possessions the trencher rain falling overnight in bamako in the space of just 5 hours. these women were lucky to escape with their lives some didn't. and i'm now we lost all our stuff the water to everything away everything we had 4 people died in our family. people here are blaming local authorities for the flood damage they say rubbish was left to build up that cloaks drains in rivers preventing the flood water from flowing away. government ministers have visited the area many are critical of what they see as a whole planning and a poor response after all the start of the rainy season is relatively predictable.

gonzalez for me this is a warning for us residents the government only comes after the damage is done and. we need to protect lives and we need to be cleaner. it's because of the rubbish that overflowed into the river. but i think what i am missing in what i ministers who came home is to send vehicles to drive us somewhere for the night. they say they'll do everything they can we're just here waiting for that one.