'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through …
WEB2 days 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
WEB2 days 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 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.
‘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: UN agencies assist families affected by floods | UN News
WEB4 days ago · 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 deaths so far, while over …
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.
Floods in Nigeria kill at least 49, displace thousands
WEBAug 26, 2024 · At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has...
Nigeria floods kill at least 30 people and displace some 400,000
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes, officials said Wednesday.
Nigeria floods: 'I have nowhere to go' - BBC
WEBA decade ago, the worst flooding in more than 40 years in Nigeria claimed 431 lives and forced nearly two million people to leave their homes. This year's devastation has seen even more deaths....