Nigeria — Windstorm and Rainfall Damages to IDP Sites Flash Report (5 June 2020)

With the onset of the rainy season in Nigeria’s conflict-affected northeastern State of Borno, varying degrees of damages are expected to infrastructures (self-made and constructed) in camps and camp-like settings. This is so because the rains are more often than not accompanied by very high winds and have been known to cause serious damage to properties.

 

On 5 May 2020, IOM’s DTM program carried out an assessment to ascertain the level of damage sustained in camps and camp-like settings due to heavy windstorm and rainfall between 4th and 5th June 2020. Overall, 10 camps were affected in Gwoza, Maiduguri, Jere and Konduga LGAs.

Affected camps include: Camp D (Damara Arrival Center), Camp E in Gwoza LGA; Bakasi Camp, Doron Baga Camp, Eyn Can Center Camp in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC); Ahmed Grema Camp, Custom House, Musari Camp in Jere LGA and 250 Housing Estate (Dalori II), Federal Training Center Camp (Dalori I) in Konduga LGA.

 

There is a major need of shelter, shelter repair kits, construction and cleaning of drainages as a preparedness measure in all camps, provision of basic NFI as well as reconstruction of damaged toilets and shower areas. No casualty was reported except in Bakasi Camp in Maiduguri where 2 individuals were injured.