Flood wreaks havoc in Adamawa, renders thousands homeless – ADSEMA
The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) says heavy downpour on Friday, which lasted for hours, has displaced substantial number of people across the state. Dr. Muhammed Sulaiman, the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) told News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Sunday in Yola that his men were still assessing the […]
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The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) says heavy downpour on Friday, which lasted for hours, has displaced substantial number of people across the state.
Dr. Muhammed Sulaiman, the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) told News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Sunday in Yola that his men were still assessing the damages.
“The Agency had camped over 219 people, mostly women and children displaced by flood, from Modire and Yolde -Pate suburbs in Yola South Local Government Area.
“Our officers are also still assessing the damage caused by the disaster in Yola North, Girei, Ganye and Shelleng Local Government Areas”, Sulaiman said.
He said, from the report reaching the agency, no life had been lost so far, adding that property, which included houses, farmlands and domestic animal among others, were affected.
Sulaiman said, in some local government areas, the flood had washed away many roads as well as affected some public schools.
He called on the Federal Government and other humanitarian organisations to come to their aid to avert outbreak of disease in the affected areas.
The News a agency of Nigeria recalled that in the first week of August 2019, about six people, mostly children, were killed and property worth millions of Naira destroyed by flood in Yola. (NAN)