At least 115 people have died in the middle Nigeria at the tidal floods and many others are missingthey reported on Friday the rescue services. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
Rescuers’ teams are searching for missing persons from Wednesday evening when The tidal water in Mokwa swept or flooded dozens of houses. “So far we have pulled out 115 bodies, but we are afraid there will be more,” told AFP spokesman of the Emergency Office in Niger.
The Nigeria is just starting a rainy season, that usually lasts six months. Floods due to severe rains Every year, hundreds of people will lose their lives in the country. The extensive damage that arises is also the result of insufficient drainage systems, construction of houses at watercourses, and ejecting waste into drainage channels or flows.
The Nigerian Meteorological Institute warned against possible tidal floods in 15 out of 36 Nigeria, And from Wednesday to Friday. In 2024 died in Nigeria as a result of floods over 1200 people and 1.2 million others had to leave their homes. According to the authorities, last year’s floods were one of the worst in the past decades.
