According to the spokesperson of the agency, Sani Datti, the agency has immediately established contact with the state Commissioner for Environment, State Emergency Management Agency and other relevant stakeholders while a team from the agency are due to arrive the state for appropriate action to the affected persons and communities.
He also noted that NEMA strongly advised the communities living around the flood plains to immediately relocate to higher grounds for safety to avoid the danger of the imminent flood.
Recall that just last month, no fewer than 15,000 people were reportedly sacked from their homes by an early morning rainstorm, and a resultant flood that submerged over 2,000 houses in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, and its environs.
The flood, which was worst than that of 2012 when River Benue broke its banks, also swept away hundreds of millions of Naira worth of property and valuables in a downpour that lasted over four hours.
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