{"id":3730,"date":"2024-08-27T21:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:42:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:42:58","slug":"floods-in-nigeria-claim-at-least-49-lives-and-displace-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3730","title":{"rendered":"Floods in Nigeria claim at least 49 lives and displace thousands."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image_2024-08-27_054753669.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image_2024-08-27_054753669.png 599w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image_2024-08-27_054753669-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three states in the northeast, Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba, have been hit hard by floods, with 41,344 people displaced, said NEMA spokesperson Manzo Ezekiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Nigeria&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/nigerias-flooding-spreads-delta-upending-lives-livelihoods-2022-10-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experienced<\/a>&nbsp;its worst flood in more than a decade which killed more than 600 people, displaced around 1.4 million and destroyed 440,000 hectares of farmland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are just entering into the peak of the season, particularly in the northern part of the country and the situation is very dire,\u201d Ezekiel told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image-910.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image-910.png 599w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image-910-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The floods have also destroyed farmlands affecting around 693 hectares of agricultural land. Nigeria is battling double-digit inflation which has been stoked by high food prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy rains have added to problems in the farming sector where farmers are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/nigerian-farmers-abandon-farms-after-attacks-sending-food-prices-higher-2024-06-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deserting<\/a>&nbsp;their farms in the northeast due to repeated attacks by militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government in this year\u2019s flood outlook said 31 of the country\u2019s 36 states were at risk of experiencing \u201chigh flood\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also have information about the high tide in the upper countries of the River Niger before Nigeria. All of these are flowing towards Nigeria. We are beginning to see a manifestation of our predictions,\u201d Ezekiel said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3733,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions\/3733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}