Flooding killed 50 people in Adamawa: Official
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Flooding killed at least 50 people in 11 communities in Adamawa and injured 71 others.
Executive secretary of Adamawa Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Suleiman Mohammed, disclosed this on Friday.
He blamed the flooding on the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in neighbouring Cameroon.
Mr Mohammed also said the flood destroyed 172,000 farmlands and food crops worth millions of naira.
“Some of the affected local government areas are Numan, Shelleng, Yola South, Yola North, Demsa, Mayo Belwa and Michika,’’ he said.
The ADSEMA boss stated that the agency had provided clothes, foodstuffs, drugs, mosquito nets, blankets and buckets for victims to assuage their suffering.
“The items were donated by the state government, the Federal Government and by other donors,’’ he said.
Mr Mohammed also mentioned that ADSEMA would collaborate with the National Emergency Management Agency to move affected communities to safer areas.
“We will continue to sensitise the communities about the dangers of living in flood-prone areas,’’ he stated.
(NAN)
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