49 people died due to rain and flooding in Nigeria – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to RCO News Agency, citing Reuters, heavy rain in northeastern Nigeria killed dozens of people.

National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria On Monday, it announced that at least 49 people were killed and thousands were displaced due to heavy rain in the northeastern regions of the country and flooding..

Spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Organization Nigeria He said that the three states of Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba in the northeast of the country were severely affected by the flood and more than 41 thousand people in these areas were forced to leave their homes..

This Nigerian official declared the situation in the northern parts of the country to be dire.

Floods have also destroyed agricultural lands in northeastern Nigeria. About 693 hectares of agricultural lands in these areas have been affected by floods. Heavy rains have added to the problems of the agricultural sector in Nigeria.

In 2022, Nigeria experienced its worst floods in more than a decade. in flood 2022 More than 600 people lost their lives. About 1.4 million people were displaced due to the flood of 2022.