{"id":51231,"date":"2024-08-16T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/heavy-rains-and-strong-winds-destroy-29-houses-in-gatsibo-district\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:09:51","slug":"heavy-rains-and-strong-winds-destroy-29-houses-in-gatsibo-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/heavy-rains-and-strong-winds-destroy-29-houses-in-gatsibo-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rains and strong winds destroy 29 houses in Gatsibo district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The affected residents are from Nyagitabire Cell, located in Nyagihanga Sector, Gatsibo District in the Eastern Province. <\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Gatsibo District, Richard Gasana, confirmed the damage, noting that authorities are actively working to assist those affected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The residents whose homes were affected are currently being sheltered by their neighbours. We have dispatched a team, including district employees and Red Cross staff, to assess the damage and provide the necessary assistance,&#8221; Gasana said.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged residents to securely fasten their roofs as the rainy season approaches, and prevent them from being blown away by strong winds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73928 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_7735-4-744d1.jpg\" alt=\"The residents were urged to secure their roofs.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73927 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_7736-2-c6665.jpg\" alt=\"The roofs of 29 houses were blown off.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials in Gatsibo District have reported that on the night of Thursday, August 15, heavy rain and strong winds caused significant damage, destroying 29 houses and 13 kitchens, along with other structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000073926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000073926,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_7735-4-744d1.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_7735-4-744d1.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_7735-4-744d1.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_7735-4-744d1.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_7735-4-744d1.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/img_7735-4-744d1.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000073926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51231"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51231"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}