Nigeria: At least 170 killed in weeks of flooding | CNN
Aug 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 ...
More than 600 killed in Nigeria’s worst flooding in a decade
Oct 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. According to the ministry, more than 2...
Flooding in Nigeria leaves 30 people dead, over a million …
Sep 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.
‘Half the city underwater’: One million affected by northern Nigeria ...
12 Sep 2024. Devastating floods in northeastern Nigeria have submerged entire residential areas, displaced tens of thousands of people, and forced zoo animals to escape into the streets. At...
Lagos floods: Africa’s most populous city could be unlivable in a …
Aug 2, 2021 · Residents of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, are used to the yearly floods that engulf the coastal city during the months of March to November. In mid-July, however, the major business ...
Nigeria floods: 'Overwhelming' disaster leaves more than 600 ... - BBC
Oct 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.
Floods in Nigeria have killed scores and washed ... - Associated Press News
Aug 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.
2022 Nigeria floods - Wikipedia
While Nigeria regularly experiences seasonal flooding, the floods of 2022 have been the worst since the 2012 Nigeria floods. [3] Flooding began in early summer [5] and has affected 33 of Nigeria's 36 states. [11]Over two million people have been affected by the flooding. [12] [13] As of October, over 600 people have been killed and over 2,400 have been injured. [3]
Floods in northeastern Nigeria affect one million people
Sep 12, 2024 · Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has killed at least 30 people and affected more than one million others, the authorities have said. The collapse of the Alau dam on the Ngadda river in...
Nigeria flood death toll tops 600 as thousands evacuated
17 Oct 2022. The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated from their...