The number of deaths in Nigeria The floods climb to 151 while thousands

The rubble of collapsed houses are visible in the community of Anguet Hausawa Gangari, due to the floods which killed 151 people and forced several thousands of their homes in Mokwa, in the state of Niger, Nigeria, May 31, 2025. – Reuters
  • The floods strike Mokwa overnight, the rescuers continue to search for the body.
  • Nigeria has been facing seasonal floods since the rainy season begins in April.
  • 2022 The floods killed 600, moved millions, ruin vast agricultural land.

Niger’s state of Niger’s Niger this week killed 151 people and forced several thousand of their homes, an emergency official in Reuters told Reuters.

Ibrahim Audu Hussaini, director of information at the Niger State Management Management, provided the new death toll, which had already been reported to 117.

He added that more than 500 households had been affected and more than 3,000 people have moved.

The incident of the incident in the central city of Mokwa in the state of Niger occurred on Wednesday evening and continued on Thursday morning. A few days later, the rescuers still took mud and debris in search of bodies.

Nigeria is subject to floods during the rainy season, which started in April.

In 2022, the worst wave of the country’s floods in more than a decade killed more than 600 people, moved around 1.4 million and destroyed 440,000 hectares (1.09 million acres) of agricultural land.

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