Flood sweeps 33 communities in Gombe State, destroys over 2500 houses

SAHARA REPORTERS

The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says heavy rainfall has destroyed about 2,517 houses and shops in 33 communities in the state.

Ibrahim Nalado, the deputy director, Relief and Rehabilitation of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Gombe.

Nalado said that the communities affected were in Dukku, Funakaye and Billiri Local Government Areas (LGAs), of the state.

He said no life was lost but two children sustained injuries in Dukku LGA, while seven animals were washed away by flood in the area.

The deputy director said the Hina community in Yamaltu/Deba LGA was the worst hit, with around 1,000 hectares of rice, maize, sorghum, and millet farmlands submerged.

“Farmers were getting ready to harvest their crops,” he said.

“The farmers were so worried but because it was a natural phenomenon, they accepted it in good fate.”

In a similar development, about 1,650 houses were destroyed by flood in Jajere and Yunusari towns in Yobe state.

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