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Nigeria floods kill 30, displace 400,000 according to rescuers
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The recent flooding in Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria, has resulted in significant devastation and loss of life. According to officials, at least 30 people have died in the floods, with the death toll potentially rising as rescue efforts continue. The flooding has displaced tens of thousands of people, with entire residential areas submerged underwater. The situation is described as "frightening" by officials, with people forced out of their homes and scattered throughout the city. The flooding has also led to the escape of zoo animals into the streets.
Some deadly animals have been washed away into our communities, like crocodiles and snakes.
The whole of the ground floor and the centres – we have about 14 specialised centres in the hospital – they are all flooded and some of the machines they are very, very expensive … all of these machines are submerged in water.
I have been in this hospital for the last 37 years and I have never seen something like this.
Some people have been there for more than 48 hours and they haven't seen any help.
Half of the city is now underwater. Now what is happening also in the camps is that people are really, really desperate.
People were going into the water with bare hands, very little equipment, to help try and save people from drowning.
In one location we went to, the head of the rescue operation – a local volunteer group – told us they were able as of yesterday to save 200 people who were stranded in their own homes. Some were on treetops, some were on rooftops, some were clinging virtually to anything they could lay their hands on.
Dam Collapse in Nigeria
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- 1.Boko Haram
- 2.National Emergency Management Agency
- 3.Sanda Kyarimi Zoo
- 4.University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital