The Information Officer for the council, Alhaji Fahad Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kaugama that the flood was caused by heavy rain which began by 4 p.m on Monday and lasted till 10 p.m.
Muhammad said that the displaced persons were taking shelter in neighbouring towns.
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Many vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles were on Monday morning submerged in flood at Mushin, Agege Motor Road, Lagos, following an early morning downpour.
The Kogi State Government on Thursday said it had taken some measures to mitigate flood disaster and outbreak Lassa fever and other epidemic prone diseases in the state.
The Niger State Government has warned people living and farming around flood-prone areas to move away from such places to avoid flooding.
The Lagos State Government on Monday assured residents that it had put in place necessary measures to address challenges posed by heavy rainfall, as we gradually approach the rainy season.
The National Emergency Management Agency says it is collecting data on farmers who are victims of the 2018 flood disaster in Anambra.
No fewer than 4,636 farmers affected by the July to October 2018 flood disaster in seven Local Government Areas of Anambra State are to receive grants soon.
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency will begin an awareness drive to mitigate the effect of flooding in Gombe ahead of the raining season.
Some of the residents, who left their homes on the fishing island, could not go back to their homes as the only already dilapidated bridge to the place had been washed away.
Mustapha Maihaja, Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, on Tuesday gave assurance that the Federal Government would soon deploy post-disaster damage assessment teams to states impacted by flood.
The National Emergency Management Agency said no fewer than 375, 142 persons were affected by flood disaster across ten local government areas of Anambra.
The Kogi Government on Friday donated foodstuffs and other relief materials to victims of the recent flood disaster in Omala Local Government Area of the state.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Saturday distributed five truckloads of relief materials to flood victims in the Internally Displaced Persons camps in Mbiama, Akinima, Akiniso and Abuoha in Rivers.
Arinzechukwu Awogu, the Transition Committee chairman of Ogbaru Council Area disclosed this in Awka on Tuesday.
Walson Ibarakumo, the Coordinator, Enugu Zonal Office of NEMA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Monday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that as a result of the flood many residents could not sleep in the night.
Dickson, who spoke on a live radio programme monitored in Yenagoa, said this was because of the need to protect the vulnerable children from water-borne diseases.
Yakubu Suleiman, NEMA’s Coordinator, Emergency Operation Centre in Rivers and Bayelsa, made the disclosure at a stakeholders meeting on Friday in Port Harcourt.
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Kabiru Ali, disclosed this when he received the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000, Prof. Sani Ahmed-Miko who paid him a courtesy visit in Dutse on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that between July and September this year, thousands of people were affected by the flood in 18 out of 21 local government areas of the state.