Deadly flooding in West and Central Africa leaves corpses of ... - CBS News
WEB11 hours ago · As torrential rains across Central and West Africa have unleashed the most catastrophic floods in decades, residents of Maiduguri, ... a prison in Maiduguri, CBS News ... in Nigeria, 265 in Niger ...
Nigeria Alau Dam collapse in Maiduguri: Survivors desperate as …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · A city in north-eastern Nigeria is inundated with flood waters, leaving residents homeless and desperate. ... BBC News, Maiduguri. Published. 12 September 2024.
Nigeria: Floods – Maiduguri (MMC) and Jere Floods Flash …
WEB3 days ago · This is according to the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) of the Borno State Government (BSG). This follows the flash flooding that occurred on the night of 9 September, when the Alau Dam collapsed causing widespread flooding across MMC and Jere. The flooding is happening at the height of a …
‘Half the city underwater’: One million affected by northern Nigeria floods
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The floods hit Borno State early this week after a dam impounding a regional river burst its banks. The heavy surge of water buried half the state capital, Maiduguri, damaging buildings and ...
Flooding in Nigeria leaves 30 people dead, over a million …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Updated 2:37 PM PDT, September 11, 2024. ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has left 30 people dead and affected more than a million others, authorities said on Wednesday. The collapse of a major dam in the state of Borno on Tuesday caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the same dam collapsed 30 years ...
‘Water Is Coming.’ Floods Devastate West and Central Africa
WEB5 days ago · In Nigeria, the authorities said that at least 200 people had died, but that was before the floods hit Maiduguri, which has added at least 30 people to that toll. In Niger, more than 265 have been ...
Nigeria Maiduguri floods: Prisoners flee after water damages jail …
WEB4 days ago · Prisoners flee after Nigeria floods damage jail. The Nigerian authorities say more than 270 inmates are now known to be missing after escaping from custody when severe flooding damaged a prison in ...
Nigeria floods kill at least 30 people and displace some 400,000
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes, officials said Wednesday.
Dam overflow sparks new crisis in insurgency-hit Nigerian city
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Flood water from an overflowing dam has destroyed tens of houses in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, with emergency officials fearing the situation could get...
Nigeria Alau Dam collapse in Maiduguri: Survivors desperate as …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · A city in north-eastern Nigeria is inundated with flood waters, leaving residents homeless and desperate.
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