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Flood has affected seven local government areas of Yobe State weekend destroying over 300 houses.
Afric-tv24 correspondent reports that the flood destroyed over 300 houses in seven local government areas including Potiskum, Gashu’a, Nguru, Fika, Gaidam, Damagum and Damaturu, the state capital.
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Flood has affected seven local government areas of Yobe State weekend destroying over 300 houses.
Afric-tv24 correspondent reports that the flood destroyed over 300 houses in seven local government areas including Potiskum, Gashu’a, Nguru, Fika, Gaidam, Damagum and Damaturu, the state capital.
It was gathered that the separate incidents occurred weekend following a heavy downpour which resulted in serious flooding in the seven affected local governments.
Afric-tv24 gathered that in Potiskum the heavy rainfall led to the overflow of a drainage destroying about 192 houses and killing many cows and goats.
However, in Gaidam the home town of the state governor, over 40 houses, farmlands and farm produce worth several millions of naira were also washed away by the flood.
In Gashu’a , a total of 134 houses were destroyed by the rainfall while many items were missing.
In a related development, over 50 houses were destroyed by flood in three wards and villages in Nguru local government area, the residents of the area have confirmed to Afric-tv24.
Our correspondent who visited some of the affected areas, reports that in Fika, Damagum and Damaturu the state capital, many house were affected by the flood. The structures in the villages were however spared by the flood as the houses were intact.
Some of the victims who spoke with Afric-tv24 complained that scores of household items were destroyed by the flood, while countless animals were killed by the flood.
Musa Buba from Nguru said, “We are still assessing the number of animals killed by the flood. But for now we can’t tell you exactly the number of animals that were lost, we will tell you later.” A resident of Potiskum, Mallam Buliya, explained that the heavy rainfall started at about 3pm and lasted till 7pm with flood taking over the whole town. “Our houses started falling down as if they were pushed by caterpillar. So in fact there was pandemonium everywhere.”
as we started shouting for help, no lives were lost during rainfall.
Another victim in Damaturu, who spoke to our correspondent on phone, said that” let me tell you that, we lost virtually everything as most of us could not rescue any of our items. In fact, when the rainfall started out thinking was how to save the lives of our children and wives and the old people whom can’t move.
