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September 18, 2018

Nigeria: More than 100 Dead in Mass Flooding
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Meanwhile in Nigeria, at least 100 people have died as torrential
downpour and floods continue to plague the south and central regions of
the country. A national disaster has been declared in the most affected
regions. Residents in the south-central port city of Lokoja were
displaced due to the flooding. This is Blessing Solomon.

Blessing Solomon: "When the water was coming, we were thinking that
maybe it was just an ordinary rain water, so we didn't even think that
maybe the water will come like this, you understand? So just like the
first room, the water entered the first room, we thought this was joke,
then when the water came to my own room, that was when we knew that,
yes, the water is very serious, you understand, so everybody just, like,
packed. … Even some people didn't even have where to go just like me, I
don't have where to go, but I said, let me just squat with some of my
friends in Felele."



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