4 killed, 5,200 homes destroyed in Kano flooding after rainfall across 20 LGAs

Four people have died and more than 5,200 homes destroyed in flooding in Rogo and Danbatta council areas of Kano state, emergency officials say.

The flooding follows heavy rainfall across 20 council areas, predicted by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency.

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In Rogo, two people died and some 200 homes were destroyed.

In Danbatta, another two people died and more than 5,000 homes were destroyed.

Executive secretary of Kano’s Emergency Management Agency, Sale Jili, said “We deployed assessment teams to the affected areas. We also visited Rogo and Danbatta to sympathise with the victims over the disaster.

“There are reports of flooding in the 44 LGAs of the state due to heavy rainfall this season,” he said.

According to him, the displaced persons are currently taking shelter with their relatives in the affected communities.

Jili said the Agency had distributed relief items worth N3.5 million to the affected persons to alleviate their sufferings.

(NAN)