Windstorm leaves one dead as flood submerges houses in Kano

A resident of Yan Tsagai Village in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State has been confirmed dead in a windstorm in the state.

This is just as flooding destroyed no fewer than 32 houses in the area.

The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Sale Jili, made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen in Kano on Thursday.

Jili stated that many people were also displaced by the incident which occurred on June 4.

“Some of the displaced people are taking shelter with their relatives in the affected communities, while others have started rebuilding their houses,” he said.

The SEMA boss noted that his agency has deployed personnel to the community to assess the extent of damage for intervention.

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Jili said: “We visited Yan Tsagai Village and distributed relief materials to the victims as measures to alleviate their sufferings.

“The items distributed include 30 bags of rice, 30 bags of maize, 30 bags of beans, 30 bags of cement, roofing sheets and nails.

”Other items are plastic buckets, spoons, cups, vegetable oil, pillows, mattresses, tin tomatoes and seasoning cubes.”

He, however, called on the residents of the state to keep their drainages clean and avoid building houses on waterways to avert flooding.

The Star