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    At least 10 die, 1,800 displaced in Nigeria floods

    AP – Mon, Aug 22, 2011

    MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian emergency authorities say at least 10 people have died in building collapses caused by heavy rains in the country's north.

    A regional coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency said Monday that the victims include a mother and her three-year-old child. Their house caved in during Sunday's six-hour-long rains in Kari, a town that sits along a stream in Bauchi state.

    Aliyu Sambo said Kari Primary School had been converted into a camp to provide relief to about 1,800 people who had been displaced by the floods. He said about 150 mud houses and hundreds of livestock were washed away.

    A fire service official also said Monday another house collapse in Kano killed six people. That brings the known death toll to 10.

    Nigeria's rainy season lasts roughly from June to September.

     

    14 comments

    • MJ
      MJ  •  9 mths ago
      Man.... this part of the world just can't catch a break!
    • Qbnsizzle
      Qbnsizzle  •  9 mths ago
      When's the last time you read about something good happening in that part of the world?....Ahhh, never.
      • JusAGirl
        JusAGirl 9 mths ago
        Because the good and great things are not reported.
    • JAY CEE
      JAY CEE  •  9 mths ago
      LOOK PEOPLE, I'M NOT PLAYING
    • Chuck
      Chuck  •  9 mths ago
      Kinda feel sorry for the cattle !
    • Chuck
      Chuck  •  9 mths ago
      Ah, more good news from the dark continent. I think it's all a scam. What with selling them off as slaves, starving to death and now being washed away, I figure there is no one left.
    • chris
      chris  •  9 mths ago
      perhaps they could divert the flood waters to somalia so i don't have to see anymore pictures of starving somalian babies?
      • A Yahoo! User 9 mths ago
        Perhaps those countries are on opposite sides of the continent (2588.63 miles apart) Donate 10 bucks you cheap prick.
    • Sillypeople
      Sillypeople  •  9 mths ago
      oh no... I read all week they don't have enough water... now they have to much. As exciting as another #$%$ being discriminated against.. yawn. buy a boat.
    • .
      .  •  9 mths ago
      These African sob stories are getting shoved in our faces just about as much as the lesbian/gay agenda. I for one am sick of it.
    • .
      .  •  9 mths ago
      Since when are straw and mud huts actually buildings? Doesn't exactly take torrential rains and heavy flooding to topple those 'structures'.
    • Terry
      Terry  •  9 mths ago
      Before all you racists haters....opps, gotta go, the porchmonkey waiter just brought my steak.
      • Sillypeople
        Sillypeople 9 mths ago
        freakn hillarious!!!! have him "fetch ya some water!" I hear they have a lot of it back home!!
    • Eugene
      Eugene  •  9 mths ago
      Quick.......we better send $1billion more we don't have!
    • Kevin
      Kevin  •  9 mths ago
      hank - what god do you worship that hopes for innocent women and children to die horrible deaths???
    • Hank Zmith
      Hank Zmith  •  9 mths ago
      Earlier, only 4 had died.
      Now it's up to 10.
      I'm praying to Allah that the Death Toll will increase even higher.
    • Gogaz
      Gogaz  •  9 mths ago
      Grab a raft and flow....
      • tallest4eva
        tallest4eva 9 mths ago
        Sure... and in 9/11 the people jumping from the buildings should have just grabbed parachutes and floated!!!
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