“I watched without strength while washing my family’s water away.”

Adamo Youssef’s life has been raised since he lost nine members of his family in Tifen Mazza, one of two gathered in the town of worse affected by the floods in the north of Nigeria.

One father, 36, said that his newborn wife and child were among those who was washed in floods early on Thursday morning in Niger.

It was it that awakened me when it struck the flood, and soon the family gathered and asked everyone to hold each other. As we went out, we saw the water everywhere in the living room and the boat.

His wife and child just have just returned to the town of Mokoa one day before, after he stayed at his home in his son -in -law for a few weeks after he gave birth to him.

Adamo said: “I watched without strength and strength while I washed my family. I escaped because I was able to swim. It was God who saved me.”

Local officials say that the death toll has risen to more than 200 on Sunday, a sharp increase from 110 on Friday. There are fears that the number still can rise.

The mood in the Tifen Mazza community on Saturday was a sadness, despair and loss.

The scattered clothes, soaked mattresses, and crushed metal roofing panels were some of the remaining remains of what is now hundreds of destroyed homes.

The structures that still carry the harsh impact of the floods, with washing surfaces or some parts of the buildings are destroyed.

Mr. Adamo stands on the tiled blue ground, and the only thing that indicates the place where his bedroom was once, around the vast empty space that replaced his community.

“I lost everything in front of this flood. But the most painful is from my family. The only value I have now is this fabric that I wear and which my friend gave.”

He said that a relative was found dead and “resigned from the fate that others will not return” to him.

The nineteen -year -old high school graduate, Issa Mohamed, was not enjoyable since he heard that the house of his beloved teacher had been washed while the teacher and eight members of his family were inside.

“Two dead were found, one of whom was his child.

Mr. Muhammad also lost his family, remembering his uncle, who died in the disaster.

“Uncle Moussa was a very good friend of my late father. He took care of me since my father died in 2023. He taught me to appreciate education and always asked me to do the right thing.

Mr. Muhammad said: “At any time I am alone and think about it, tears are always rolling on my cheeks. I have not been able to sleep since the accident occurred.”

The water has now declined, and the population gathered on Saturday to offer condolences to the victims and also calls for his hand in research efforts.

Some PBC News told the flood that was at least 7 feet (2.1 meters) in some parts of society.

There was an unpleasant smell about Tifin Mazza, and the residents believe it is evidence of the presence of bodies under the thick mud that washed the floods.

They are working to find them and give the dead a decent burial as they did to others since Thursday.

“I have not seen this type of flood before in my life, but I am grateful because my family has survived it,” said 65 -year -old Ramat Suleiman.

The house of Mrs. Suleiman was completely destroyed, making her family homeless.

She said that 100 children used to sleep at the Quran School, two buildings from her home “were all washed.”

“It was a painful scene for me. Children cried for help, but no one could do anything. While their screams were higher, the building drowned and flowed.”

Her son, Salio, left shelter and broken.

He said: “I lost at least $ 1500 to floods. It was the returns to sell agricultural products the day before. I thought about returning to the room to get it, but the pressure of the water was afraid of me.”

“I also lost eleven for peanuts and seven bags of beans. I and my wife could not choose anything from our room. But I am grateful because we went out on time. There were a lot of dead bodies in the water.”

He has been suffering from nightmares since then.

“I am injured.”

The authorities have not yet confirmed whether the dam has erupted, which exacerbates the effect of the recent floods and has been widely reported.

The head of the Mokoa region, Hajj Muhammadu, Shab, Ali, referred to the BBC that there is a “tank” in the area that can leak water “at any time there is rain”, yet he added that the size of the flood is excessive.

The BBC News told that they believed that the flood water was not caused by the heavy rains that they had suffered.

Muhammad said: “It was not possible that the rain had caused floods because it calmed down and there was no water anywhere. I was outside and suddenly I saw the water flowing at a high speed and everything spread on its way.”

Ms. Suleiman said: “When I woke up for the prayers, I opened the door and looked abroad and I saw no water. After a moment, I started to hear people screaming. We do not know where it came from.

Adamo said: “For the people who said that the flood was the result of rain, they lie.

The local Vice President of Mokwa, Musa Al -Hajj Ali Kimboku, also rejected this rain.

The National Emergency Management Agency said that the injured were receiving treatment, while the displaced victims were transferred to resettlement camps and distributed relief materials.

The country’s meteorological agency expected the rainy season for up to 200 days in the center of Nigeria this year, while it may last longer in the southern states.

At the beginning of May, the federal government launched a campaign to raise awareness of the floods, to educate citizens about the risks of floods.

Thirty from the state of West Africa 36 is at risk of floods, and the state of Niger is one of them.

While the victims save their homes to start a new life, those who lost their loved ones like Mr. Adamo said they will not be able to recover, although they accepted their fate.