At least 115 people died as a result of floods caused this Thursday due to heavy rains in the center of the West of Nigeria, according to the AFP agency, citing a source of emergency services. The number of victims will rise.
The disaster occurred in Alda -de -Kpge, in the area of local government of the MOKVA, located in the state of Niger, where the Nigeria Nigeria National Agency (NEMA) launched a rescue operation, still active this Friday.
According to the front bulletin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation (FICR) quoted by EFE agency, at least 97 people were killed, 20 were injured, and 45 were injured. At least 1,500 people were injured, including 200 displaced persons.
“As a result of pouring rains, which began at about 3 a.m. and fell within a few hours, while people were still sleeping in the quip, the municipality of the mokva, about 50 houses were immersed in dive, and the hectares of agricultural vehicles were destroyed,” the institution said. “It is possible that more deaths have been registered, since search and rescue operations are ongoing, and many residents are still absent,” Ficr warns.
NEMA activated a rescue operation at the site of the incident, in which Nigeria’s red cross collaborates.
“The main goals of the operation are to save the survivors and evacuate the injured and the dead, guaranteeing safety, ensuring food, water, sanitation, temporary asylum and vital protection and restoration of normality in the affected area,” said NEMA director, a tooth of the mind quoted by local media.
The Forum of Governors Nigeria said this Friday that “this is solidarity with the government and people of Niger from the destructive floods that caused great destruction.”
“We are alarmed by floods that caused human and material losses in society. We sympathize with the affected families and express our support to the state government in these difficult times, ”the Governors of the Nigerian states said in a statement.
Last year, until September, at least 269 people died from floods in different parts of the country, and more than 640,000 people were moved from their houses, according to the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UVKB).
Nigeria, the most densely populated country in Africa, is experiencing floods caused by heavy rains and overflow of rivers, aggravated by the poor state of infrastructure. The country has transferred its worst floods in the last decade in 2022, when 600 people died. Two years ago, in 2020, at least 40 people died from this phenomenon.