Nigeria’s worst flood kills 363, displaces 2.1 million people – NEMA

The flood disaster that was recently witnessed across Nigeria has been described as the worst in at least half a century, killing 363 people and affecting over 7 million people.
According to figures released by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday, the flooding which began in July  has displaced 2.1 million people.
The agency said 7.7 million people were affected by the flood between July 1 and October 31 and that 18,282 people have been injured.
Seasonal flash floods are often experienced after heavy tropical rains, but the sheer scale of the devastation recorded this year has shocked everyone.
President Goodluck Jonathan last month called the flooding, which has submerged parts of the south, a “national disaster” but said it would not trigger a food crisis.
Flooding in the oil rich Niger Delta, has disrupted oil production to the tune of around 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) – more than a fifth of nation’s oil output – according to the Department of Petroleum Resources.
A cocoa industry body, last month predicted that cocoa output would fall far short of a 300,000 tonne target because of excessive rain.