According to a preliminary report from the civil defence service, 195 people were murdered by the floods on October 21 across the nation, including 136 who died when their homes collapsed and 59 who drowned.
According to Agence France-Presse, 32,286 people were left homeless and about 211 individuals were injured.
As the rainy season came to a conclusion, the results got worse over the following weeks; as of October 4, there had been 192 fatalities, 2,63671 displaced people, and 211 injuries.
The most severely hit areas are Maradi (central south), Zinder (central east), Doso (southwest), and Tahwa (west), where 74 people died.
With over 1300 people displaced and two fatalities, the capital of Nigeria, Niamey, which has a population of two million, was relatively miserable.
In addition, more than 30 thousand residences, 83 study halls, 6 medical care facilities, and 235 drug stores suffered major damage or total destruction as a result of the rain.
Additionally, he tacked some 700 heads of animals.
The Great City in southeast Niger’s Diva neighbourhoods was submerged in the waters of the Komadogo Yobi River at the start of the week even though the country’s rains had halted.
This river is a natural border with Nigeria in terms of Yanbu, and it extends along a length of 150 km separating the two countries, before it was poured into Lake Chad, a vast region full of islands and swamps, which was used by ISIS in West Africa as a refuge.
It is noteworthy that although Niger experiences annual casualties during the rainy season, which starts in June and can last until October, especially in the northern desert regions, this year’s human losses are exceptionally severe.
The biggest floods in a decade have killed more than 600 people in neighbouring Nigeria since June.
Kitello Gabitia Laanan stated, “According to all of our studies, we can link these rains to climate change.”
The earth, which had been harmed by human activity, was unable to absorb the tremendous rain that fell on it, he said.
There are 200 dead and 300,000 homeless people in Niger as a result of the torrential rains and floods.
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