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WINDSTORM! Three persons dead, houses and schools destroyed in Bauchi
No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead and property worth N50 million destroyed by a windstorm that ravaged parts of Duguri district of Alkaleri Local Government Area in Bauchi State.
Alhaji Yusuf Kobi, Director, Relief and Rehabilitation, State Emergency Management Agency who disclosed this to NAN on Thursday, said the incident occurred in the remote areas of the council on Wednesday night.
He said two persons sustained various degrees of injuries, while over 200 houses, 136 electric poles, six primary schools, domestic animals, foodstuff and shops were destroyed.
Kobi said that some of the affected villages were Yuli, Bandibit, Gaji, Bun, Bayak, Kunzum Tummi, Nyalan, Tonlon, Bajoga and Taksamat in Yali district.
The other villages were Sharan and Dagudi in Dan district of the council.
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