(UTV|COLOMBO) – More than 100 people have died in floods after Nigeria’s two major rivers burst their banks, authorities say.
The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) says heavy rains caused the Niger River and Benue River to overflow.
It has resulted in a series of floods across the country over two weeks, with rural areas most vulnerable.
The government is urging residents along waterways to relocate to safe places.
Thousands of people have been displaced and vast swathes of farmlands have been destroyed by the floods in central and southern Nigeria.
