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The road road in Apongbon, Lagos Island, was heavily flooded after Sunday’s rain.
The flooding in Bayelsa, Rivers, Taraba, Adamawa and Kebbi states have been declared a national disaster by NEMA.
Six lives have been lost to flood which swept through communities in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Almost 200 people have now been confirmed dead in the flood that has swept through several states in Nigeria.
Flood has sacked some residents of Oguta LGA in Imo State and destroyed their farmlands.
Residents in flood-prone communities in Imo State have been advised to relocate by the National Emergency Management Agency.
The flood that has ravaged several communities in different states across the country has led to the death of over 30 persons in Kano State.
President Buhari on Sunday ordered NEMA to declare a “national disaster’’ over the disturbing development.
A total of ten people have been confirmed dead in a flood in several communities in Adamawa.
Almost 200 households have been sacked by a flood that swept through the Rikkos community in Jos, Plateau State.
NEMA has disclosed that four persons died in the flood experienced by Abeokuta residents last Friday.
The deceased bankers drowned as they resolved to defy the rain after the close of work.
The victims were inside a Toyota Siena when the flood swept the vehicle away during Saturday’s downpour.
The deceased’s bodies were retrieved from the flood after a heavy rain in the Alagbado area of Lagos.
Areas massively affected are the Federal Housing Estate at Chukwuma Nwoha road, old CBN quarters at Egbu road and Federal Housing World Bank Estate.
Travellers commuting on the Abuja-Lokoja highway were left stranded after the road became flooded, making it difficult for them to continue with their journey.
The state government has warned owners of structures impeding the free-flow of storm water to vacate.
Former Surveyor-General of the Federation, Prof. Peter Nwilo, has urged the Lagos State Government to…
