Death Toll From Nigerian Floods Tops 500: Ministries

Death Toll From Nigerian Floods Tops 500: Ministries
Flood water breaks a river bank and overflows into a settlement in Lokoja, Nigeria, on Oct. 13, 2022. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
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LOKOJA, Nigeria—Widespread flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water, and blocked food and fuel supplies, two government ministries said on Friday.

The floods have hit 27 of Nigeria’s 36 states and impacted around 1.4 million people, the ministries for humanitarian affairs and for disaster management said in an online posting.