No fewer than 5,000 households have been sacked by floods across 30 communities in Yobe State with nine people dying in the disaster.
The State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, disclosed this via its official Facebook page and attributed the incidences to mostly due to heavy windstorms and rainfall recorded across affected communities in 12 local government areas of the state.
The 30 communities affected by the 2024 flood are Amaturu, Warsala, Kukareta, Furi, Sumsumma, Old Nangere, Gari-Dish, Nangere, Magurau, Garin-Ari, Chilariye, Dawasa, Garin-Disu and Tsohon-Nguru.
Others are Nayi-Nawa, Garbi-Bobori, Sabon-Garin Kanuri, Gwaoyo-Dina, Katuzu, Sabon-Gari, Katuzu, Toshia, Bulanti, Yunusari Town, Garin-Buba, Kukawa, Haru-Gari, Bara, Gabai, Gulani and Yalma.
According to the post: “Based on our findings, a total of 4,976 households with about 10,845 individuals across 12 LGAs of Yunusari, Nguru, Nangere, Gujba, Damaturu, Fika, Bade, Bursari, Yusufari, Geidam, Machina and Karasuwa were affected recently by the disaster.”
It added that the disaster led to the displacement of over 1,385 households and nine deaths recorded across Damaturu, Nangere, Nguru, Bade, Yunusari, Fika, and Gulani LGAs.
SEMA further said the state governor has directed that local government emergency management committees, alongside LGA teams and community volunteers, should intensify evacuation and profiling while mobilizing resources to support victims as directed.
The agency called on LGA teams and other stakeholders to intensify sensitization in high-risk areas across the state.
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