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    Flooding in southwest Nigeria kills 102 people

    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Flash flooding across Nigeria's southwest killed at least 102 people in the last week, the country's Red Cross said Wednesday.

    Some 1,500 people remain displaced by the torrential downpours, officials said.

    The major flood hit hardest in Oyo state's capital of Ibadan. Heavy rains there on Friday made a local dam overflow, sending water crashing through the informal settlements surrounding the city. The water also damaged three bridges in the area, trapping people in their neighborhoods, said Tunde Adebiyi, an official with Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency.

    Many homes were poorly constructed, meaning they simply washed away when the water rushed through, said Umar Mairiga, an official with the Nigerian Red Cross.

    "I think in the process a lot of them were washed away by the rainwater and others were trapped in collapsed buildings," Mairiga said Wednesday.

    Mairiga said it took time to get a proper casualty figure as water levels in some areas remain high as seasonal rains continue throughout Africa's most populous nation.

    Nigeria's emergency agency had warned that rains will be heavier this year than last year. In an assessment after the flooding, the agency said more flooding would be likely in areas with inadequate drainage and improperly disposed trash, a common problem in Nigerian neighborhoods where zoning laws are rarely heeded or enforced.

    Last year, some 500,000 people were displaced nationwide by floods in Nigeria. Nigeria's rainy season lasts roughly from June to September. The rains paused for most of August this year, however, only starting again within the last week.

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    Jon Gambrell can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP

     

    23 comments

    • Sayaka  •  8 mths ago
      i bet somalia could use some of that rain
    • leosden.  •  8 mths ago
      The comments below show really how ignorant and mindless most americans are..and you wonder why the whole world hates you.
    • chris  •  8 mths ago
      not enough water....to much water....make up your minds? which one is it? still trying to figure out which story will get them more aid?
    • chika  •  8 mths ago
      It's amazing that all of the people posting such vicious comments about this country know absolutely nothing about it.
    • ReplubMan  •  8 mths ago
      Less food aid!
    • Hank Zmith  •  8 mths ago
      What is wrong with you people?
      This story is hilarious!!!
    • Carmel  •  8 mths ago
      You can bet Obama will toss them a few billion while ignoring Caucasian Americans in Vermont.
    • revjohnsmythe  •  8 mths ago
      Which is it? A few days ago, it was being claimed that these people were dying of thirst. Now they're drowning because there's too much. Now I bet they want us to pay for swimming lessons!!
    • Ulfheonar  •  8 mths ago
      Those things could drown in 1/2 of water!
    • Sacagawea  •  8 mths ago
      Seems hopeless in most African nations. I wish there were some clear answers to their problems but everyone is broke and most aid ends up in rebel hands.
    • WHITEASRICE  •  8 mths ago
      That is to bad, Yea Its to bad it wasn't 102,000.
    • Jose Villasenor  •  8 mths ago
      DONT CARE ABOUT AFRICA[[[[[[[[[[[[HELP AMERICANS FIRST [[[[[[[[BLACK HAWK DOWN[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[LET THE MUSLIMS AND CHINA FEED THESE PEOPLE[[[[[
    • leosden.  •  8 mths ago
      @Marc..no they would'nt have you mindless dolt....this happened in the Christian part of the country.
    • leosden.  •  8 mths ago
      Ignorant americans....the US is the number one importer of Nigerian crude oil...most of you have Nigerian gasoline in your cars...you ought to be ahsamed of yourselves
      • Carmel 8 mths ago
        Ignorant Americans? At least we can speak English. You should be A-S-H-A-M-E-D of yourself, Muhammad.
      • lawless6940 8 mths ago
        That is #$%$ we get no oil from that hellhole!
      • Alif Kamal 8 mths ago
        Carmel, put it this way! "At least we can ONLY speak English". How many Caucasian Americans know how to speak a language fluently other than English?
    • marc  •  8 mths ago
      A tragic event, but they would have died at the hands of some homegrown Muslim terrorist otherwise, maybe only hours later.
    • joyce  •  8 mths ago
      so many vicious and hateful remarks, dying, drowning human beings, and you people are as vicious and hateful as demons.
      • WHITEASRICE 8 mths ago
        Joyce its to bad you weren't there to join them.
      • Randy 8 mths ago
        I AM a demon
    • joyce  •  8 mths ago
      One more of hundreds of catastrophies yet to come. so sad.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 mths ago
      I wish there was five more zero's behind that 102.
      • joyce 8 mths ago
        thats not very wise wishing "wiseoldman", Never wish someone dead! it's immoral.
    • Left is Wrong  •  8 mths ago
      Can we still say "Nigeria"?
    • Dave Mabel  •  8 mths ago
      This is what I call a good start.
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