Nigeria – Floods Affect Half a Million as Death Toll Rises

Heavy rain from around 27 August 2018 caused flooding in Niger, Kano and Nasarawa States, while on 30 August Nigeria's Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) warned communities in Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Anambra, Delta and Bayelsa states that increasingly high river levels could cause major flooding. The Shiroro, Kainji and Jebba dams were already releasing water and levels of the Niger river at Lokoja were equal or higher than those seen in 2012. Flooding affected parts of Jigawa State in early September. Further heavy rain from around 08 September caused flooding in Rikkos community of Jos North Local Government Area, Plateau State, where 200 households were displaced, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). On 10 September around 1,000 homes were damaged after heavy rain caused flooding in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State (NAN). On 17 September authorities in Nigeria, quoted by BBC and Reuters, said that over 100 people had died in floods across the country in the last 2 weeks. NIHSA warned of flooding from the Niger and Benue rivers and NEMA declared a state of emergency in Niger, Kogi, Anambra and Delta states. By 24 September NEMA confimred that 108 people had died and flooding had affected almost half a million people.

A - Mariga, Niger State
B - Mararaba, Nasarawa State
C - Kiru, Kano State
D - Ringim, Jigawa State
E - Rikkos
F - Etsako
G - Lokoja
H - Anambra
I - Benue
J - Delta
K - Kebbi
L - Kwara

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