Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that floods that ravaged communities across the state, especially Fune local government area have killed at least four people and injuring forty-three others.
SEMA, which revealed this in the latest flood update released on Tuesday, 10 September, 2024, added that 1, 978 households and an estimated 7,639 individuals from different communities and villages across the 13 wards of Fune LGA were severely affected by the disaster.
“The incidents led to the destruction of about 1,215 houses and injury to about 43 persons with 4 deaths recorded.
“Worse cases were from Jajere, Ngelzarma, Bindigi, Ngelshengele, Baushe, kolere Kafaje, Tello Dumda and Kayeri”, SEMA said.
According to the agency, Governor Mai Mala Buni has directed immediate support to the affected households while the stock of those whose farmlands are affected is being profiled.
