Officials say the number of deaths strikes more than 200

Officials say that the death toll after the deadly floods struck the Nigerian town of Mochaa on Thursday to more than 200.

There are still 500 people missing in the city in the north of Niger state, as the search task continues.

The Local Deputy Prime Minister of Moca, Musa Kimboko, told the BBC that the rescue efforts have stopped because the authorities no longer believed that anyone is still alive.

The floods, which were said to be the worst in the region for 60 years, swept the cities of Tifen Mazza and Angwan Hawousawa after a seizure of heavy rains.

In an attempt to prevent diseases in the area, the authorities will soon begin to avoid the bodies buried underground.

Listing a disaster scenesLocal residents told the BBC that they saw their homes and members of their families were washed away.

One man, Adamo Youssef, lost his wife and newborn baby.

“I watched without strength, while I washed my family, I have survived because I could swim,” he told the BBC.

Salio Suleiman, the other resident, said that the floods left him homeless and destroyed some of his cash profits.

“I lost at least $ 1500 in front of the floods. The revenues of selling agricultural products were the day before. I thought about returning to the room to get it, but the water pressure was afraid of me.”

On Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced that it had started the process of providing relief packages for affected persons.

Agency Added in a post on Facebook The roads and bridges were also affected by the flood, which had an impact on the local economy and traffic.

Nigerian Red Cross also He issued a statement on Friday Saying that the floods caused a “great loss of livelihoods.”

Floods are not common during the Nigerian rainy season, which lasts from April to October.

In 2024, Nigeria witnessed floods of heavy rains that caused the deaths and removed people from their homes.

There were also severe floods in 2022, when more than 600 people died, 1.3 million were established.