Nigeria flooding death toll jumps past 200

People look through debris from damaged buildings in Mokwa on June 1, 2025, after the town was hit by torrential rains overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with the flooding displacing more than 3,000 people. [AFP]

Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead.

The town of Mokwa was hit with the worst flash flood in living memory Thursday from overnight rains, with more than 250 homes destroyed and swathes of the town wiped out in a single morning.