Flood submerges houses in Yola

Torrential rainfall which resulted in flooding has submerged several houses and bridges in some parts of Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

The rain, which lasted for seven hours, damaged  houses and destroyed property worth millions of naira.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported  that the worst hit areas of the town included Yolde-Pate,  timber market, Damare, Shagari quarters, Wuro Hausa, Jambutu and Unguwan Tana.

At Yolde-Pate, some big culverts that linked the area with other parts of Yola town were submerged.

As a result of this, residents in flooded areas were stranded, as they were unable to relocate to safer areas.

At Damare area of the town, several houses were destroyed, while rice and maize farms were submerged.

NAN reported that the flood also affected Demsa, Numan and Fufore local government areas.

In Fufore, the main bridge linking the area to the other parts of the state, was  submerged.

At  the time of filing this report, the government had yet to make official statement on the flood.

it was lagos, Ibadan, Adamawa.Yola

truth is such rain is inevitable,

question is "what have we learnt?"