A
heavy early morning downpour has claimed the lives of 2 children, and
destroyed over 200 houses in Dadin Kowa town of Yamaltu Deba Local
Government Area of Gombe State.
The
heavy rain that lasted over an hour occurred on Wednesday morning,
wreaked havoc in some parts of the town, destroyed hundreds of houses
and injured many people.
Daily
Trust correspondent who visited the affected houses reported that apart
from the two children that died, some people were feared missing as the
flood destroyed several houses located in three residential areas of
Yelwa, Tunga and Hina, rendering occupants homeless.
An affected resident of Tunga, Malam Sani Shuaibu, said his four-bedroom apartment was completely destroyed.
“I
was preparing to go out for my business when the rain started, within
some few minutes the building begins to crack. I was able to evacuate
them [family members] safely out of the house, but we lost all our
belongings,” he said.
Apart from residential buildings and properties, several livestock were also killed by the flood disaster.
Speaking
to Daily Trust on the incident, Head of Rescue and Rehabilitation of
the Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Malam Muhammad
Garba, said they were accessing the level of damages, to ascertain the
number of households affected and properties destroyed by the flood.
Daily Trust
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