I shall never forget those terrible days when it rained heavily, and it seemed there was never going to be an end to the downpour. I kept thinking of ancient times, and of myths and stories about great floods. It seemed as if we were all to be wiped out of existence.

Everyone said it had not rained like this for many, many years. The rain continued unabated. The rivers were swollen by now, all of them having overflowed their banks. Thousands of people were rendered homeless, and still, there was no sign of the deluge coming to an end.

The first reaction to the rain was a wild one. Everyone thought it would soon stop. After all, our area did see a lot of rainfall each year — so what was there to worry about? But there were no breaks, no flecks of sunshine and the heavy downpour resembled nothing we had........

© Dawn Young Magazine