(3 Jun 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mokwa, Nigeria – 2 June 2025
1. Various of structures, homes destroyed by flooding in Mokwa, people and children among destruction
2. SOUNDBITE (Nupe) Fatima Kontagora, mother of 6 that lost 4 of her children:
“My children and properties were carried away. My own children, taken by the flood, are 4, and we’re yet to see their remains. All my properties are gone, all my finances are gone; there’s nothing left for me now. Even this dress I am putting on was given to me by someone else.”
3. Mid of Fatima showing where her kitchen used to be before the flood
4. Wide of Mokwa residents trying to lay a foundation for their home ++MUTE++
5. SOUNDBITE (Nupe) Fatima Kontagora, mother of 6 that lost 4 of her children:
“It was heartbreaking; I cried to the point where I got tired of crying. Crying will not bring them back. We have no food, no shelter, we sleep anywhere, and I have a baby to take care of. In my family alone, we lost 18 people.”
6. Mid of Mokwa residents digging to build a makeshift home
7. Wide of building destroyed by flood
8. SOUNDBITE (Nupe) Fatima Kontagora, mother of 6 that lost 4 of her children:
“Everyone’s properties are gone. None of us have anything to help each other with.”
9. Various of sacks with raw food being distributed for flood affected victims
10. SOUNDBITE (Nupe) Fatima Kontagora, mother of 6 that lost 4 of her children:
“Why would we build houses here again? We would prefer to relocate out of here. You cannot see danger and still go ahead and face it. We don’t need this place again.”
11. Various of damage caused by the flood in Mokwa
12. Mid of Mokwa residents walking
STORYLINE:
The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on Sunday, a local official said.
Torrents of predawn rainfall early Thursday unleashed the devastating flood on Mokwa, nearly 380 kilometers (236 miles) west of Abuja and a major trading and transportation hub where northern Nigerian farmers sell beans, onions and other food to traders from the south.
Fatima Kontagora, a 22-year-old mother of 6, lost 4 of her children and an additional 12 family members to the flood.
“It was heartbreaking; I cried to the point where I got tired of crying. Crying will not bring them back,” she said.
On Saturday, the spokesperson for the Niger State emergency service, Ibrahim Audu Husseini, said an additional 11 people were injured and more than 3,000 people were displaced.
At least 500 households across three communities were affected by the sudden and intense flood that built rapidly in about five hours, leaving roofs barely visible and surviving residents waist-deep in water, trying to salvage what they could and rescue others.
Husseini added that two roads were washed away and two bridges collapsed.
Flooding is common during Nigeria’s wet season. Communities in northern Nigeria have been experiencing prolonged dry spells worsened by climate change and excessive rainfall that leads to severe flooding during the brief wet season. But this flood has been particularly deadly in Mokwa, a farming region near the banks of the River Niger.
In September, torrential rains and a dam collapse in the northeastern city of Maiduguri caused severe flooding that left at least 30 people dead and displaced millions, worsening the humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram.
===========================================================
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/0c34654a54134786a1e8facc213364a1
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in June 9, 2025, 12:04 am.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
