Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of
Niger has
claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people,
the Civil Protection Service said on Thursday, describing the toll as one of
the highest on record.
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Rainy-season floods claimed 192 lives, affected more than 263,000 people and
destroyed more than 30,000 homes, as well as classrooms, medical centres and
grain stores, it said.
The worst-affected regions are Maradi and Zinder in the centre of the
country, Dosso in the southwest and Tahoua in the west.
The rainy season in Niger, located in the heart of the arid Sahel, typically
runs from June to September and routinely claims lives.
In 2021, 70 people were killed and 200,000 people were affected. The death
toll in 2020 was 73.
Katiellou Gaptia Lawan, head of the national meteorological agency, said
this year's heavy rains were consistent with models of impacts from climate
change.
Niger is the world's poorest country, according to the benchmark of the 2020
Human Development Index devised by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP).
Over 4.4 million people -- more than a fifth of the population -- fall into
the category of "severe" food insecurity, the International Red Cross
and Red Crescent said in July.
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