At least 88 people dead after floods submerge market town in Nigeria

An authoritative says astatine slightest 88 radical person been confirmed dormant aft floods submerged Mokwa, a marketplace municipality successful Nigeria’s Niger State connected Thursday

ABUJA, Nigeria -- At slightest 88 radical person been confirmed dormant aft floods submerged Mokwa, a marketplace municipality successful Nigeria’s Niger State, connected Thursday, an authoritative said.

Husseini Isah, caput of the operations bureau successful Minna, superior of Niger State, said that galore much are inactive astatine risk, with rescue efforts underway connected Friday. Earlier reports said astatine slightest 20 died.

“The fig keeps rising,” Isah told The Associated Press. “But astatine the past count, 88 bodies person been recovered.”

The floods were triggered by torrential rains that lasted respective hours. According to section reports quoting residents and section authorities officials, a dam illness successful a adjacent municipality worsened the situation.

Mokwa is simply a large gathering constituent for traders from the southbound and nutrient growers successful the northbound of the country.

In a akin occurrence past September, torrential rains and a dam illness successful Nigeria’s northeastern Maiduguri caused terrible flooding, leaving astatine slightest 30 radical dormant and displacing millions, worsening the humanitarian situation caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.

Nigeria often faces seasonal floods, peculiarly impacting communities on the banks of the Niger and Benue Rivers.

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