23 dead as flood wrecks havoc in Northern state
Garba said that six persons died at Dadinkowa in Yamaltu-Deba flood on June 6; 16 died on July 1 and July 25 in Gombe town.
A flooded area
The Acting Head of Rescue and Rehabilitation of the agency, Malam Mohammed Garba, made the disclosure to journalists in Gombe on Monday, July 31.
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He went on to say that 21 houses were also destroyed in the flood while 101 houses have been overrun by floods in three communities in the state.
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According to him, the flood also washed away a total of farmlands at Jauro Baba, Jauro Mai and Jauro Saini communities at Kamo Ward in Kaltungo Local Government of the state.
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