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Nigeria floods 80 times more likely with climate change

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

Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely because of climate change, a rapid analysis by international climate attribution experts found.

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