Flood kills 6-year-old boy , submerges 116 Communities in Adamawa

Yola – The Adamawa State Emergency Management
Agency ( ADSEMA), on Friday confirmed that a six-
year-old boy was killed, while 116 communities had been
completely submerged by flood wrecking many parts of the
state.

Mr Haruna Furo, the Executive Secretary of the agency,
said in Yola that two-thirds of the state was under threat of
flood.

Furo said that 12 local government areas, out of the 21 in
the state, were ravaged by the flood.

According to the secretary, the volume of water released
from Kiri dam in Guyuk , Magar dam in Madagali and
Lagdo dam from Cameroun Republic, has made rivers across
the state to overflow and submerge villages and towns.

He listed the worst affected areas to include Shelleng,
Guyuk, Numan, Demsa and Lamurde local government
areas.

Others included Girei, Mubi North, Mubi South, Madagali,
Maha and Yola South.

“Between yesterday (Thursday), and today, about 20 more
communities have been affected.

“The situation is becoming worrisome as thousands of people
are trapped.” Furo said.

He said that the agency had started distributing relief
materials to some affected communities, but noted that the
situation was beyond the state government alone.

“There is the need for urgent intervention from the Federal
Government,” he said. ( NAN)