Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, said floods killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19 local government areas in the state during the current raining season.
Its Executive Secretary, Yusuf Sani, told journalists in Dutse yesterday that the persons died in Gwaram, Dutse, Jahun, Gumel and Ringim Local Government areas of the state.
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