Floods in Nigeria Claim Over 170 Lives
World
Ongoing severe floods in Nigeria have claimed the lives of more than 170 people, with over 200,000 residents forced to flee their homes. This was reported by TASS, citing Manzo Ezekiel, a representative of the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria.
The northern regions of Nigeria have been hardest hit, but other parts of the country are also at risk due to heavy rains and rising water levels in the Niger and Benue rivers. The contamination of water sources is raising serious concerns about potential cholera outbreaks.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has issued a warning about the possibility of further increases in the water level of the Niger River due to emergency releases from reservoirs in upstream countries.
A humanitarian crisis has also developed in the neighboring Republic of Niger. The country is experiencing the heaviest rains in 50 years, resulting in widespread flooding that has claimed 150 lives and left tens of thousands homeless, according to malijet.
Additionally, authorities in Mali, located upstream on the Niger River, have declared a state of natural disaster due to flooding that has taken 30 lives, injured 104, and left 47,000 people without shelter.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has issued a warning about the possibility of further increases in the water level of the Niger River due to emergency releases from reservoirs in upstream countries.
A humanitarian crisis has also developed in the neighboring Republic of Niger. The country is experiencing the heaviest rains in 50 years, resulting in widespread flooding that has claimed 150 lives and left tens of thousands homeless, according to malijet.
Additionally, authorities in Mali, located upstream on the Niger River, have declared a state of natural disaster due to flooding that has taken 30 lives, injured 104, and left 47,000 people without shelter.
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