The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said the flood had killed 16 persons, destroyed 3,042 houses and several farmlands in the state.
The Permanent Secretary of SEMA Shehu Ningi,said on Friday in Bauchi that 11 out of the 20 local government areas of the state were affected by the flood.
He said that farmlands and crops including maize, millet, guinea corn and rice were destroyed as a result of the flood.
Ningi said that the state government has directed the agency to provide relief materials to some affected communities in six local government areas. He explained that relief materials provided to the victims include: assorted food items, medicine, beddings, canoes and temporary shelter
