Thousands Displaced by Nigeria Floods

Author:
AlJazeeraEnglish
Publisher:
AlJazeeraEnglish
Publication Date:
27 September 2012
Tags:
Climate, Nigeria

The heaviest rain in decades have pounded Nigeria causing more than a dozen deaths and forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Many of the displaced are now sheltering in camps set up by rescue organisations as floods continue to sweep across the country. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Yola in Adamawa State, one of the worst affected areas.

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