According to a recent official report, since last June, the worst floods in Nigeria during the rainy season in the previous ten years have resulted in more than 600 deaths and almost 1. 3 million displaced persons.
The floods resulting from heavy rains, in addition to poor infrastructure, affected vast areas in the largest African country in terms of population, which raises fears that they will exacerbate food insecurity and inflation.
On Twitter, the Nigerian Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs said that 2,400 people had been injured by floods and that more than 603 people had died, including 100 in the previous week.
The ministry continued by saying that because numerous states in Nigeria failed to make preparations for such intense rains, the death toll increased “astronomically.”
The government already reported the deaths of 500 people, which was revealed last week.
More than 82,000 dwellings and 110,000 hectares of agricultural land were entirely destroyed, according to the Ministry.
The rainy season in Nigeria usually begins in June, but since August in particular the floods began to become destroyed and deadly, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (Nima)..
More than 600 people have died as a result of the floods in Nigeria since June.
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