Flood and Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

The paper examined flood and Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study was informed by the damages done by flood on agricultural activities as well as environmental degradation which in turn affects the socioeconomic well-being of the people. The objectives of the study were to; examine the causes of flood in the study area; and assess the effect of flood on the socio-economic well-being of the people in the study area. To achieve the objectives, the study utilized library science method and collected information from secondary source. The paper identified that flood could be caused by natural factor such as heavy rain fall and human factors such as deforestation. The identified effect of flooding on in the study area are that; flood destroy farms land, food and cash crops, Flood causes spread of infestations on soil and water, degradation of agriculture land. Also, flood affect health through spread of water borne disease and negatively affects the education of the people. The way forward to these menace of flood amongst others include; construction of flood ways, construction of dams, reservoirs or retention ponds to hold extra water during times of flooding, Planting vegetation to retain extra water, building of rivers and coastal defenses.