Flood kills 18, destroys 10,657 houses

At least 18 people have been killed while more than 10,000 houses and over 13,000 farmlands have been destroyed by flood in Jigawa, Delta and Cross River states in the last two months.

The Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Yusif Sani, said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19 local government areas. Sani said this while briefing journalists on the activities of the agency yesterday in Dutse.
The executive secretary said that the incidents occurred during the current rainy season. He explained that the persons died in Gwaram, Dutse, Jahun, Gumel and Ringim local government areas.
Sani said that the flood destroyed 141 houses in Dutse; 419 in Jahun; 525 in Hadejia, 417 in Babura; 525 in Ringim; 822 in Gumel; 529 in Malammadori and 126 in Birninkudu local government areas.https://newtelegraphonline.com/flood-kills-18-destroys-10657-houses/