Floods occasioned by heavy rainfall has claimed not less than seven lives in communities in Magama and Rafi local government areas of Niger State.
The flood also destroyed several properties including houses and farmlands with more than 2,000 people rendered homeless. “The state has started experiencing the negative impact of flooding with houses, farmlands, bridges and some linked roads washed away in some LGAs located at up and down streams of the four dams. These rendered many homeless and has affected the socio-economic activities of the communities.”
According to him, Niger State is one of the five states where uninterrupted rainfall will take place for four days as predicted by Nigerian Meteorological Agency .
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