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NIGERIA-FLOOD
Flood kills at least 10 in central Nigeria
ABUJA, July 3, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – A flood that wreaked havoc in central
Nigeria has killed at least ten people, police and rescue officials said
Tuesday.
The flood in Nigeria’s central state of Niger followed a heavy downpour
late Monday in the Kontagora area, the police said.
A local market in the area and two other communities were hard hit by the
flood. So far, eight bodies have been recovered by local divers, said state
police chief Dibal Yakadi.
Head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency Ibrahim Inga said seven
teenage girls were washed away by the flood in the Rafin-Gora local market.
Three other children were killed by the flood elsewhere, Inga added.
A boy was rescued Tuesday morning by a truck driver during a rescue
operation.
Inga said the boy was holding tight to a tree when the truck driver saw and
rescued him.
According to the emergency response official, it is difficult to ascertain
the number of the dead or missing for now.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1832 hrs