Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has confirmed one person killed and 32 houses destroyed by windstorm and flood in Yan Tsagai Village, Rano Local Government Area of the state.
The Executive Secretary SEMA, Dr Sale Jili, confirmed the incident to Radio Nigeria in Kano.
According to him,the twin disasters occurred in june, which affected 60 people out of which one person died and two persons injured.
The executive secretary, explained that some of the displaced persons are taking shelter with their relatives in the affected communities, while some have started rebuilding their houses
Dr Saleh noted that the agency had deployed personnel to the affected community for the conduct of damage assessment.
“We visited Yan Tsagai Village and distributed relief materials to the victims as measures to alleviate their sufferings”
He said items distributed included 30 bags of rice,30 bags of maize,30 bags of beans,30 bags of cement,roofing sheets and nails.
“Other items include rubber buckets,spoons,cup, vegetable oil, pillows,matrasses, tin tomatoes among others”
The executive secretary advised residents in the state, to always keep their drainage clean, and desist from building houses on water ways to ensure free flow of water.
KHADIJAH ALIYU
