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Nigeria - Floods

- ECHO Daily flash of 09/10/2019

  • Severe weather has been affecting central and south-eastern States since late September, causing widespread flooding, casualties and damage. The most affected states are Cross River, Kogi, Niger, and Taraba.
  • As of 7 October, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports 12 fatalities (11 in Niger and 1 in Cross River States), 4,485 people displaced (2,300 in Taraba, 1,129 in Niger, and 1,056 in Cross River States) and more than 18,500 people affected across 54 communities.
  • Heavy to locally very heavy rain is forecast over southern and central-western states, and moderate rain over the rest of the country.

Emergency Response Coordination Centre, echo-ercc@ec.europa.eu, +32 229 21112