Flood Sweeps 227 Houses, Displaces 2,000 People In Adamawa

No fewer than 227 houses and 300 farmland have been swept away by heavy floods in Adamawa State.

The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, while confirming the situation to newsmen on Wednesday, revealed that at least 2,000 people were currently displaced by the development.

The incident, according to Dr Mohamed Sulaiman, the Executive Secretary of the agency,  happened within a week across the state.

Sulaiman stressed that even more people were displaced by heavy rains on Tuesday, which caused serious damages to farmlands and houses.

Naija News learnt that 850 of the victims and 161 houses were in the Duhu district of Madagali Local Government Area.

Sulaiman recalled that between Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, more than 150 farmlands and about 66 houses were also destroyed by flood in Lababiri Village, Shelling Local Government Area.

“In less than a week, the agency has recorded two heavy floods where about 227 houses, 300 farmlands and over 2,000 people were affected in the state,” the executive secretary said.

He assured that the agency and other sister organisations were working to offer assistance to the affected communities.