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Floods claiming lives of 662 people across Nigeria

Posted 2023-01-23, Xinhua Headlines

Photo: AP / Fatai Campbell

LAGOS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's emergency management agency said Monday that 662 people were killed and more than 2.4 million others were displaced by floods in different parts of the country in 2022. Mustapha Habib Ahmed, director general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), revealed Monday the... read full story

"unprecedented in the history of Nigeria."

Photo: People stranded due to floods following several days of downpours In Kogi Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Thousands of travelers remained stranded in Nigeria's northcentral Kogi state after major connecting roads to other parts of the West African nation were submerged in floods, locals and authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Fatai Campbell)

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