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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported that at least 165 people have died, 82 are missing, and 119,791 individuals have been affected by this year's flooding.
This information was shared through the agency's data dashboard on Friday. NEMA also noted that 138 people have suffered various injuries, 43,936 individuals have been displaced, 8,594 houses have been impacted, and 8,278 farmlands have been destroyed across 43 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 19 states.
The agency indicated that children and women were the most significantly affected groups. Specifically, 53,314 children, 36,573 women, 24,600 men, 5,304 elderly individuals, and 1,863 disabled persons have been reported as affected by the floods this year.
The states that recorded the highest number of affected individuals include Imo, Rivers, Abia, Borno, and Kaduna.
The 19 states impacted are as follows: Abia, FCT, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ondo, Rivers, and Sokoto.
