Flood: Three dead, 1,838 houses destroyed in Gombe

<p>The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), says the state’s flood disaster in 2023 claimed three lives and injured twenty-two more.</p>, <p>The agency said between May and October of 2023, the calamity also claimed the lives of seven animals and devastated 1,838 homes and 257 farmlands.</p>, <p>The Executive Secretary of the agency, Abdullahi Abdullahi, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Gombe.</p>, <p>Abdullahi said eight out of the 11 local government areas of the state experienced the disaster as against three LGAs predicted in the 2023 Flood Outlook.</p>, <p>He listed Akko; Funakaye, Balanga, Gombe, Nafada, Kaltungo, Shongom and Yamaltu/Deba as the worst-hit areas.</p>, <p>The Secretary said the rains accompanied by strong windstorms ravaged farmlands causing damage to the farmers in the affected communities.</p>, <p>The government, he said, distributed relief materials to victims of the disaster to assuage their sufferings.</p>, <p>According to him, the state government is making an effort to expand the scope of the support services to all the affected communities.</p>, <p>“Gov. Inuwa Yahaya has approved relief materials to some communities affected.</p>, <p>“We have also submitted reports of flooding in the remaining communities and efforts are on to also provide relief materials to them,” he said.</p>