Nigeria: Flood Continues to Wreak Havoc on Communities

22 September 2012

There has been heavy rain in many areas across the country, resulting in flooding, while claiming lives and rendering many homeless, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has also said that an assessment exercise it conducted with other partner agencies shows that most of the country's larger rivers have plains that can overflow, especially during the rainy season.

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