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Nigeria’s emergency services agency, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says at least 30 people died, and a million others were affected by heavy flooding in the country’s northeast.
Zubaida Umar, the Director-General of the agency said the situation in Maiduguri is quite frightening.
She said the flood had taken over around 40% of the entire city and people have been forced out of their homes and are scattered everywhere.
She also said that from statistics, about 414,000 people were displaced adding that authorities feared the total number of displaced could hit one million.
Umar added the city’s main hospital had also been affected by flooding. The U.N. refugee agency in Nigeria said on X on Tuesday, this was the city’s worst flooding in 30 years.
According to NEMA, more than 23,000 households, and upwards of 150,000 people, have been hit by the rapid rise of waters following the weekend rupture of the Alau dam on the Ngadda River, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Maiduguri.
Source: Swifteradio.com
