The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed 49 persons dead in the flood and windstorm that affected 27 local government areas in the state this year.
The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Alhaji Isyaku Abdullahi-Kubarachi, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Wednesday in Kano.
He said 226 communities were affected by the incidents.
He recalled that the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) had earlier predicted flooding in 14 LGAs.
Abdullahi-Kubarachi listed the affected areas to include Tudun Wada, Gwale, Wudil, Danbatta, Ajingi, Dala, Gwarzo, Madobi, Bichi, Kano Municipal, Karaye, Tarauni, Minjibir, Bebeji, Rogo, Shanono, Kabo, Garin Malam and Ungogo.
Others are Kumbotso, Nasarawa, Kura, Dawakin Kudu, Dawakin Tofa,Gezawa, Rogo and Bagwai LGAs.
He noted that the flood destroyed 6,583 houses while 38, 814 persons were affected.
The SEMA boss added: “8,289 farmlands equivalent to ‘36,265 hectares’ were destroyed, 1, 414 persons were displaced and 139 persons were injured.
“SEMA in collaboration with relevant stakeholders organised several workshops to proffer ways of curtailing environmental hazards, especially flood.”
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