Recent floods killed at least 50 persons in 11 communities in Adamawa and injured 71 others.
Executive Secretary of Adamawa Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Malam Suleiman Mohammed, disclosed this on Friday in Yola when he spoke.
He blamed the flooding on the release of water from Lagdo Dam in neighbouring Cameroon.
Mohammed also said the flood destroyed 172,000 farmlands and food crops worth millions of naira.
“Some of the affected local government areas are Numan, Shelleng, Yola South, Yola North, Demsa, Mayo Belwa and Michika,’’ he said.
He added that the agency had provided clothes, foodstuffs, drugs, mosquito nets, blankets and buckets for victims to assuage their suffering.
“The items were donated by the state government, the Federal Government and other donors,’’ he said.
Mohammed also said that ADSEMA would collaborate with the National Emergency Management Agency to move affected communities to safer areas.
“We will continue sensitising the communities about the dangers of living in flood-prone areas,’’ he said.
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