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Nigeria races to assist flood victims; death toll tops 600

People stranded due to floods following several days of downpours, in Kogi Nigeria October 6, 2022. [AP Photo]

The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to get relief items to hundreds of thousands being evacuated from their submerged homes.

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