More than 600 killed in Nigeria's worst flooding in a decade - CNN

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The decease toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen successful a decennary has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted connected Sunday.

According to the ministry, much than 2 cardinal radical person been affected by flooding that has dispersed crossed parts of the country’s southbound aft a peculiarly bedewed rainy season.

More than 200,000 homes person been wholly oregon partially damaged, the ministry added.

Earlier this month, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency warned of catastrophic flooding for states located on the courses of the Niger and Benue rivers, noting that 3 of Nigeria’s overfilled reservoirs were expected to overflow. NEMA said the release of excess h2o from a dam successful neighboring Cameroon had contributed to the flooding.

While galore parts of Nigeria are prone to yearly floods, flooding successful definite areas has been much terrible than the last large floods successful 2012, a Red Cross authoritative successful Kogi told CNN past week.

NASA images amusement decimating scope of worst flood this portion has seen successful a decade

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Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Umar Farouq warned Sunday that much flooding was apt and urged determination governments to hole accordingly.

“We are calling connected the respective State Governments, Local Government Councils and Communities to hole for much flooding by evacuating radical surviving connected flood plains to precocious grounds, supply tents and alleviation materials, caller h2o arsenic good arsenic aesculapian supplies for a imaginable outbreak of water-borne diseases,” the ministry of humanitarian affairs said connected Twitter Sunday.

The state volition soon instrumentality its National Flood Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, aimed astatine improving coordination of the flood effect efforts.

According to the ministry, “relief has gone to each authorities of the federation,” and “many authorities governments did not hole for the floods.”

A delegation organized by the ministry volition beryllium visiting authorities governors crossed the state to suggest strengthening states’ flood effect mechanisms.