A heavy rainstorm on Monday killed five people in Damaturu, Yobe State.
The storm, which started around 5 p.m., was accompanied by a strong wind, which pulled down houses and destroyed several properties.
The Director of Rescue at the State Emergency Management Agency, Baba Jalo, confirmed that 5 people died and 42 sustained various degrees of injuries during the storm.
Jalo explained that those who died were killed in a building which collapsed during the storm.
He said, “Yesterday, we were able to evacuate a lot of injured people. We evacuated a total of 42 people that were injured to the accident and emergency unit of the State Specialist Hospital. There are some minor injuries that other people sustained.
“We lost five people during the rainstorm. Their houses collapsed on them. It happened in three households at Abbari Mai Mala settlement.”
Jalo added that the storm damaged properties in different parts of the metropolis, including Maisadari, Nayinawa, and Pompomari.
He assured that the agency would commence a rapid assessment of the damage on Tuesday morning.