Abuja: Earlier this week in Central Nigeria, Flash Flauding killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesperson told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, leveled more than 250 houses and washed two bridges.The dead bodies were recovered from the city of Mokwa, about 10 kilometers (6 mi), as a sharp jump from the toll of the previous death of 115, which was told by a spokesperson of the flood’s pre -flood, Ibrahim Adu Hussaini, a spokesman of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency.As Hussaini warned that the toll could still grow-the powerful Niger was swept away under the river-President said Tinubu said that search-and-resurrection was going on, in which disaster response was helped by security forces.In an overnight post on social media, Tinu said that “relief materials and temporary shelters are being deployed without delay” in Mokwa, which collided with late torrential rains on Wednesday in early Thursday.The buildings collapsed and the roads were demolished in the city, located more than 350 km (215 mi) from the road from the capital Abuja, an AFP journalist in Mokwa on Friday.Emergency services and residents discovered through debris as they flowed with flood waters. “Some bodies were recovered from the debris of the collapsed houses,” Hussaini said, their teams would need excavation to retrieve the corpses.He said that many were still missing, citing a family of 12 where only four members were held responsible till Friday.29 -year -old Mohammad Tanko, a civil servant, pointed to a house, in which he grew up, told reporters: “We lost at least 15 to this house. Property (is) gone. We lost everything. ,The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that Nigerian Red Cross, local volunteers, army and police were all helping in response.According to the data shared by Hussaini, 151 people were killed, 3,018 displaced, 265 houses “completely destroyed” and two bridges were washed in the city, the rural market. Changing climate The rainy season of Nigeria, which usually lasts for six months, is just starting for the year.Floods, usually heavy rains and poor infrastructure, wreak havoc every year, killing hundreds of people in the West African country.Scientists have also warned that climate change is promoting more extreme weather patterns.In Nigeria, floods are extended by insufficient drainage, construction of houses on waterways and dumping of garbage in drains and water channels.Nema said in a statement, “This tragic incident reminds me of the important importance of the dangers associated with the building and the drainage channels and the river routes on the waterways.”According to the Daily Trust newspaper, thousands of people have been displaced and more than 50 children were reported missing in an Islamic school. warn off The Nigerian Meteorological Agency warned of potential flash floods in 15 out of 36 states in Nigeria including Niger state between Wednesday and Friday.In 2024, more than 1,200 people were killed and displaced 1.2 million out of 36 of 36 states in Nigeria, making it one of the country’s worst flood season in decades.Displaced children played in flood waters on Friday, increased the possibility of exposure to diseases caused by water, in which banana leaves and printed Ankara cloths had at least two bodies nearby.Describing how he survived 50-year-old Yama vendor, Sabuvar Bala, Sabuvar Bala, told reporters, “I was only wearing my underwear, someone wore me now, gave him a loan. I could not even save my flip-flop.”“I can’t know where my house stood due to destruction,” he said.
