More than 200 people were killed by flash flood in north-central Nigeria last year, according to the Niger state charitable commissioner on Tuesday. More than 200 are still missing and feared dead. Over 250 homes were destroyed and large areas of the town of Mokwa were completely destroyed in one night, making immediately rains the worst flash flood in dwelling memory since Thursday. The official toll was around 150 for many days, even though residents were occasionally missing more than a hundred people in a single home. No one can tell you the number of deaths in the Niger position at this time because we have been looking for some corpses, according to Ahmad Suleiman, a Nigerian journalist Channels Television. He continued,” We’re also looking for more.” However, he said,” honestly speaking, we don’t ascertain.” Given the number of people however missing nearly a week later, the death toll from a single day of inundation in Mokwa could exceed that of the entire year’s total, which saw 321 flood deaths across the nation. The death toll for the Niger State Emergency Management Agency was 159, according to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday. Climate change and human factors Occupants in Mokwa claim that human factors were also at play. Climate change has increased temperature swings in Nigeria. People told AFP that the ocean had been pouring for weeks behind an abandoned railroad track that runs along the town’s advantage. It would typically work into a narrow stream through a few piles of underpasses. However, debris had blocked the culverts, making it impossible for water to accumulate behind the sand walls before finally giving in. The deterioration of storms in Nigeria is frequently caused by poor drainage, the construction of new homes along waters, and the dumping of spend in drainage and water channels. Federal water administration minister Joseph Utsev criticized “unregulated structures” and demanded that regional governments maintain their drain channels. He also cited the heavy rainfall that had been caused by climate change. Nearly 10 kilometers ( six miles ) away from the bodies that were swept into the Niger River, volunteers and disaster response teams have recovered them. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency had issued warnings about potential flash floods in 15 of Nigeria’s 36 state, including Niger position, between Wednesday and Friday. Residents claimed the air was contaminated by a strong smell that was left in the city when Military reporters arrived earlier this week. The government claimed to have given help, but locals have criticized what they claim is a lacklustre answer, with several families telling AFP they hadn’t received it. The National Emergency Management Agency said in a new statement on Tuesday that it was “working hard to provide affected residents with quick assistance.”
