Devastating floods in Nigeria since August16 has risen the death toll to 49, with at least 470 people injured, this was confirmed by The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday.
A flood dashboard by NEMA updated on Monday showed that the northern states of Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba were hit hard by the flood after days of intense rainfall.
A total of 43,519 people have been displaced by the flood, according to the agency.
Ezekiel Manzo, a NEMA spokesperson, said that the agency has been monitoring the increasing flood incident across the country and west Africa.
Floods have killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands across the West and Central Africa in August, including in the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Chad, as well as Nigeria. (Anadolu Agency, excluding headline)
