More than 600 killed in floods in Nigeria

By October 16, floods in Nigeria had killed more than 600 people and displaced more than a million people from their homes, said Sadhya Umar Farouk, the country’s Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. rice field. Umar Farouq said more than 2.504,000 people were affected by the floods, more than 203,000 homes were damaged and 332,000 hectares (820,390 acres) were damaged. Umar Farouq called for the evacuation of residents of Anambra, Delta, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa states. These states are at risk of flooding until November. This footage from Twitter user @kapitalkay shows severe flooding on the route from Bayelsa to Port He Harcourt. Credit: @kapitalkay via Storyful