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Death toll in Nigeria's flood disaster rises to 49

Emergency management teams monitoring water level to address and manage flood risks, says official

Timothy Olanrewaju  | 27.08.2024 - Update : 27.08.2024
Death toll in Nigeria's flood disaster rises to 49

LAGOS, Nigeria 

The death toll in Nigeria due to devastating floods since Aug. 16 has risen to 49, with at least 470 people injured, the country's emergency management agency said Monday.

A flood dashboard by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) updated on Monday showed that the northern states of Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba were hit hard by the flood after days of intense rainfall.

A total of 43,519 people have been displaced by the flood, according to the agency.

Ezekiel Manzo, a NEMA spokesperson, told Anadolu that the agency has been monitoring the increasing flood incident across the country.

"NEMA monitoring teams are assessing the flood situations especially after the alert regarding rise in water level," he said.

Floods have killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands across the West and Central Africa in August, including in the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Chad, as well as Nigeria.

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