Officials said Friday that the torrent of rain and rain at dawn released floods, flooding, and farmers in northern Nigeria sold their goods to merchants in the south, killing at least 111 people.
The Nigerian Hydrological Service did not immediately say that rains after midnight in Mokwa town in Niger State, 180 miles west of Abuja, the capital of Africa's most populous country.
Dangerous floods were encountered in the southeast, while snowstorms were conducted in the northeast brackets
Community in northern Nigeria has experienced prolonged dry spells, climate change and excessive rainfall, resulting in severe flooding during a short, humid season.
In videos and photos on social media, flooded communities and houses were flooded, with brown water barely visible above the roof. Deep in the waist, residents try to save what they can do, or rescue others.
A man watched his collapsed house after flooding forced them to cause thousands of people in their homes in Mokwa, Nigeria, on May 31, 2025. (Reuters/Longe beam)
"We have lost many lives, property, our agricultural products. Those who own the storage lost it."
Iibrahim Audu Husseini, a spokesman for the Niger State emergency department, told the Associated Press via phone on Friday afternoon that in addition to the 111 confirmed deaths, "more bodies have just been brought."
Mokwa, nearly 380 km (236 miles) west of Abuja, is a major gathering spot where traders from the south buy beans, onions and other food from farmers in the north.
Mokwa community leader Aliki Musa told the Associated Press that villagers are not used to the flood. "Water is like the spiritual water that once came, but it is seasonal," Moussa said. "It can come now () and it will be another twenty years, and then it will come again."
Jibril Muregi, chairman of Mokwa local government district, told local news website Premium Times that the construction of the flood control project was long overdue.
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"This critical infrastructure is crucial to mitigating future flood risks and protecting lives and property," he said.
In September, heavy rains and dam collapse in the northeastern city of Maiduguri caused severe flooding, killing at least 30 people and displaced millions, worsening the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram rebellion.