Dam overflow in Nigerian's Borno State creates new crisis: Video
Thousands of residents living within Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State remain stranded days after flood waters from an overflowing dam destroyed tens of houses in the area.
Over twenty-three thousand households were affected with schools and businesses also submerged in flood waters.
The National Emergency Management Agency pegs the total number of affected persons at an estimated two hundred thousand individuals.
So far, emergency officials are working to evacuate affected persons some of whom have been trapped on rooftops.
The United Nations Refugee Agency in Nigeria (UNHCR) has described it as the worst flooding in the area in 30 years.
The Borno state has been an epicentre of more than a decade-long jihadist insurgency.
Floods have killed at least 201 people and displaced around 225,000 more in parts of the country but mainly in the northern region as of September 3. Most of the deaths were in the country’s northern region, the AFP reports.
“Almost the whole of our shops are affected, at the Monday Market, the whole of our shops near Elkanemi roundabout, down to post office, is already affected by the water," an affected person said.
