49 people died due to rain and flooding in Nigeria

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency According to Reuters, the heavy rain in northeastern Nigeria killed dozens of people.

National Emergency Management Organization of Nigeria On Monday, it announced that at least 49 people were killed and thousands of people were displaced due to heavy rain in the northeastern regions of the country and flooding..

spokesman of the National Emergency Management Organization Nigeria said that the three states of Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba in the northeast of the country have been severely affected by floods and more than 41,000 people in these areas have been forced to leave their homes. They became themselves.

This Nigerian official declared the situation in the northern parts of the country to be dire.

Floods have also destroyed agricultural lands in northeastern Nigeria. About 693 hectares of agricultural lands in these areas have been affected by floods. Heavy rains have added to the problems of the agricultural sector in Nigeria.

In 2022, Nigeria experienced its worst flood in more than a decade. In the flood2022, more than 600 people lost their lives. About 1.4 million people were also displaced by the flood of 2022.