Floods kill 10 people in north Nigerian state

ABUJA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people have been killed by recent floods occasioned by torrential rainfall in Nigeria's northern state of Bauchi, a local relief agency official said Wednesday.

Several houses and hectares of farmlands were also destroyed by the floods which have affected 19 out of the 20 local government areas in Bauchi, said Adams Nayola, a spokesman for the State Emergency Management Agency, at a press briefing in Bauchi city, the state's capital.