Floods ravage states across Nigeria, kill 28
At least 28 people have been killed as floods wreaked havoc across many states in Nigeria in the last few days.
Hundreds of houses were swept away in the floods that followed days of heavy rainfall.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet) in its updated weather report is predicting that floods will persist up to October in at least 10 states.
NiMET’s Head Corporate Communications, Eva Azinge, said thorough analyses by the agency of rainfall data from observatories nationwide for June and July, showed that soil moisture had either reached saturation, or near saturation levels due to cumulative high intensity rainfall in some parts of the country.
Such states include Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Kaduna, Kwara, Nasarawa, Yobe and Zamfara.
She said by implication, floods should be expected in these areas because the soil would no longer be able to absorb more rainwater in the coming weeks, which coincide with the peak rainy season in some of the states.
Experts suggest that states like Niger, Anambra, Kogi, Ebonyi may also suffer isolated floods especially around the river banks.
In Bauchi State report said that a heavy down pour had killed 12 people while cash crops were washed away in Ganjuwa and Giade local government areas.
The Deputy Director Needs Assessment of the State Emergency Management Agency SEMA, Musa Ladan disclosed that the flood killed four people in Galamakira and Galam Baba communities in Miya district area of Ganjuwa local government adding that others lost their lives as a result of flood in Gulbuk community in Giade local government area of the state.
“The flood killed four children who went out in the rain to play in the rain. Unfortunately for them on their way home, they stepped on a culvert which caved in and the flood took them away. The people in the community were able to recover the body one of the children who died during the incident.
The other two bodies were recovered the following day,” he said.
Reports from Nasarawa state said ten persons lost their lives and over 220 houses destroyed by floods in Lafia and Karu local government areas of in the past few weeks.
The interim chairman of Karu, Yin Allah Nanan, who confirmed the recovery of seven corpses, told journalists that the flood happened as a result of a heavy down pour which lasted several hours. He said also that some houses were submerged, while no fewer than seventy houses were destroyed as well as other properties worth millions of naira.
Four people lost their lives to flood in Lapai local government area of Niger State following two days of downpour. The flood also submerged 23 communities and overran several farmlands, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.
Among the communities affected by the flood disaster in Lapai Local government area include Cheku, Lambata Kwaran, Cheppa, Alaba, Bina and Muye. Others are Ebbo, Egba, Gagbe, Tanna, Bazhi, Yelwa and others.
Our correspondent learnt that some communities in Shiroro, Muyan, Gurara and Bida, Lavun, Wushishi, Mokwa and Borgu local government areas were also affected by the flood.
The state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, who was on-the-spot assessment to the affected areas, called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency intervene in the ecological challenges devastating communities in the state.
In Jigawa state two persons died while several houses were destroyed following flood in Ringim and Jahun local government areas.
The flood that occurred sometimes in June killed one elderly woman in Ringim while five others sustained various degrees of injuries.
Similarly, another person was reported dead while several houses collapsed in Jahun town, the headquarters of Jahun Local Government Area of the state.
Earlier, the flood alert of Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMet) indicated that 11 out of 27 local government areas of the state would experience flood disaster this year.
Since the rains started many communities across Katsina state have suffered from flooding as a result of heavy downpour blocking drainages.
Hundreds of houses were swept away in the floods that followed days of heavy rainfall.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet) in its updated weather report is predicting that floods will persist up to October in at least 10 states.
NiMET’s Head Corporate Communications, Eva Azinge, said thorough analyses by the agency of rainfall data from observatories nationwide for June and July, showed that soil moisture had either reached saturation, or near saturation levels due to cumulative high intensity rainfall in some parts of the country.
Such states include Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Kaduna, Kwara, Nasarawa, Yobe and Zamfara.
She said by implication, floods should be expected in these areas because the soil would no longer be able to absorb more rainwater in the coming weeks, which coincide with the peak rainy season in some of the states.
Experts suggest that states like Niger, Anambra, Kogi, Ebonyi may also suffer isolated floods especially around the river banks.
In Bauchi State report said that a heavy down pour had killed 12 people while cash crops were washed away in Ganjuwa and Giade local government areas.
The Deputy Director Needs Assessment of the State Emergency Management Agency SEMA, Musa Ladan disclosed that the flood killed four people in Galamakira and Galam Baba communities in Miya district area of Ganjuwa local government adding that others lost their lives as a result of flood in Gulbuk community in Giade local government area of the state.
“The flood killed four children who went out in the rain to play in the rain. Unfortunately for them on their way home, they stepped on a culvert which caved in and the flood took them away. The people in the community were able to recover the body one of the children who died during the incident.
The other two bodies were recovered the following day,” he said.
Reports from Nasarawa state said ten persons lost their lives and over 220 houses destroyed by floods in Lafia and Karu local government areas of in the past few weeks.
The interim chairman of Karu, Yin Allah Nanan, who confirmed the recovery of seven corpses, told journalists that the flood happened as a result of a heavy down pour which lasted several hours. He said also that some houses were submerged, while no fewer than seventy houses were destroyed as well as other properties worth millions of naira.
Four people lost their lives to flood in Lapai local government area of Niger State following two days of downpour. The flood also submerged 23 communities and overran several farmlands, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.
Among the communities affected by the flood disaster in Lapai Local government area include Cheku, Lambata Kwaran, Cheppa, Alaba, Bina and Muye. Others are Ebbo, Egba, Gagbe, Tanna, Bazhi, Yelwa and others.
Our correspondent learnt that some communities in Shiroro, Muyan, Gurara and Bida, Lavun, Wushishi, Mokwa and Borgu local government areas were also affected by the flood.
The state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, who was on-the-spot assessment to the affected areas, called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency intervene in the ecological challenges devastating communities in the state.
In Jigawa state two persons died while several houses were destroyed following flood in Ringim and Jahun local government areas.
The flood that occurred sometimes in June killed one elderly woman in Ringim while five others sustained various degrees of injuries.
Similarly, another person was reported dead while several houses collapsed in Jahun town, the headquarters of Jahun Local Government Area of the state.
Earlier, the flood alert of Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMet) indicated that 11 out of 27 local government areas of the state would experience flood disaster this year.
Since the rains started many communities across Katsina state have suffered from flooding as a result of heavy downpour blocking drainages.
Daily Trust
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