2012 Nigeria floods

2012 Nigeria floods
Nigeria
DateJuly – October 2012
LocationAdamawa, Taraba, Plateau, and Benue States were worst affected.
Deaths363 people killed, over 2,100,000 displaced.

The 2012 Nigeria floods began in early July 2012. It killed 363 people and displaced over 2.1 million people as of 5 November 2012. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), 30 of Nigeria's 36 states were affected by the floods and the two most affected areas were Kogi and Benue States. The floods were termed as the worst in 40 years, and affected an estimated total of seven million people. The estimated damages and losses caused by the floods was N2.6 trillion.

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