OVER a hundred houses have been affected and one person killed in a flood disaster that has wrecked the Dindima village in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA), Bauchi state.

According to reports, the village head of Dindima LGA, Liman Katagum had said several persons were displaced and farmlands destroyed due to the intense downpour in the community.

Similarly, a bridge linking over twenty villages in Liman Katagum, another community in the state, has been damaged by flooding.

A delegation led by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly Abubakar Suleman had visited the affected communities, and the state’s emergency management agency, which was part of the delegation, had distributed relief materials to the flood victims.

Earlier, the state had recorded the death of four students and others injured at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), when a pedestrian bridge collapsed at the Campus.

The bridge linked some hostels and other buildings that had lecture rooms in it.

Bauchi is not the only state where flooding has been wreaking havoc on communities.

Nigeria has been faced with many incidences of flooding since the beginning of the rainy season, which may intensify by September, according to the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency.

NIHSA, in its report, on the prediction of flood in 2019, said that 353 LGAs in 30 states of the country would be faced with ravaging flood, including Bauchi.

The report stated that, ignoring this prediction would cause more harm to people living in flood-prone areas across the country.

It further called on all citizens to ensure structures obstructing the flow of the rain be removed.