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Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (BYSEMA), has revealed that no fewer than ninety six persons have lost their lives, with a total of one million, three hundred and forty-four thousand and fourteen persons affected directly by the devastating flood in the State.
An official data released also indicated that one million, two hundred and ten thousand, one hundred and eighty three people were displaced from their houses.
Reports gathered that Yenagoa, the State’s capital city, recorded 26 deaths which is the highest fatality figure so far.
Confirming the official data, the State’s SEMA Chairman, Hon. Walaman Igrubia, said collation of data from the field was still ongoing, while observing that the heavy flood affected a number of farmlands, school buildings, health structures and other facilities.