'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential ... - Associated Press News
WEB1 day ago · As torrential rains across Central and West Africa have unleashed the most catastrophic floods in decades, residents of Maiduguri, the capital of the fragile Nigerian state of Borno — which has been at the center of an Islamic extremists’ insurgency — said they have seen it all. The floods, which have killed more than 1,000 people and ...
'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep ... - ABC News
WEB1 day ago · Over 4 million people have been affected by flooding so far this year in West Africa, a threefold increase from last year, according to the U.N. With rescue operations still underway, it is ...
Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods | UN News
WEB3 days ago · 17 September 2024 Humanitarian Aid. UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost their homes during recent flooding. Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of the country’s 36 states, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. The Government has reported 269 …
‘Half the city underwater’: One million affected by northern Nigeria floods
WEBSep 12, 2024 · One million people affected as floods hit northeast Nigeria. The floods hit Borno State early this week after a dam impounding a regional river burst its banks. The heavy surge of water buried...
Flooding in Nigeria leaves 30 people dead, over a million …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has left 30 people dead and affected more than a million others, authorities said on Wednesday.
Nigeria: At least 170 killed in weeks of flooding | CNN
WEBAug 27, 2024 · At least 170 people have died and more than 200,000 others are displaced following weeks of flooding in Africa’s most populous country, a spokesperson for Nigeria’s disaster management agency...
Floods in Nigeria have killed scores and washed away farmland, …
WEBAug 31, 2024 · The floods blamed on poor infrastructure and badly maintained dams have killed 185 people and displaced 208,000 in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the National Emergency Management Agency said in an update Friday, triggering frantic efforts to evacuate hundreds of thousands to makeshift shelters.
Nigeria floods: 'Overwhelming' disaster leaves more than 600 ... - BBC
WEBOct 16, 2022 · Recent flooding in Nigeria has become an "overwhelming" disaster, and many states were not properly prepared for them despite warnings, the minister for disaster management has said.
More than 600 killed in Nigeria’s worst flooding in a decade
WEBOct 17, 2022 · The death toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted on Sunday.
Nigeria Floods Kill Hundreds and Displace Over a Million
WEBOct 17, 2022 · Nigeria is suffering its worst flooding in a decade, with vast areas of farmland, infrastructure and 200,000 homes partly or wholly destroyed. Then there are the lives that have been lost. At...
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