A late heavy downpour on Monday cut -off the Damaturu/Buni Yadi/ Biu highway at the Katarko bridge just 22km away from Damaturu, the state capital.
The Nation gathered operatives of the State Emergency Management Agency were helpless at Katarko on their way to deliver relief materials to flood victims in the Mutai community, which has been completely washed away by the flood.
The Executive Secretary of Yobe State Emergency Management Agency(YOSEMA) in a flood alert on his verified social media handles announced that the Katarko bridge has been disconnected as water has washed off the road linking the bridge.
