Nigeria: At least 101 people have been killed by floods in and around the south-western Nigerian city of Ibadan, the Nigerian Red Cross says. Most of the victims were children.
Floodwater, resulting from heavy rains that began on Friday, damaged three bridges and caused a dam to overflow, submerging numbers of buildings across the city.
“I think in the process a lot of [houses] were washed away by the rainwater,” said Umar Mairiga, a Red Cross official.
He said that some victims had been trapped in collapsed buildings.
Although flooding is common in Nigeria during the rainy season, meteorologists say this year’s rains have been particularly heavy.
Last year, about 500,000 people were displaced in Nigeria owing to heavy floods.
The rains over the weekend in Ibadan, 150km (90 miles) north of Lagos, was exacerbated by rubbish and debris clogging drains in the city. Some 2,000 residents have so far been displaced.
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