Tag: Windstorm

Some affected residents described the rainstorms as one of the most destructive in recent times

A downpour on Sunday forced many residents out of their homes in the Wovi and Gumsuri communities of Damboa.

A 10-year-old boy was swept away by flood water in a community, says a government official.

The windstorm occurred in four local government areas of Kano State.

The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir commends the President for the visit.

Already, NEMA has started mobilising relief items from its warehouses …to those displaced by the windstorm.

The windstorm renders about 30 families homeless says an official.

Five persons sustained various degrees of injury.

NEMA says it will conduct an assessment of the damage done to the communities.

The windstorm blew off the roof of some schools and clinics in the local government area.

Some 139 houses were destroyed.