The death toll in Niger floods rose to 150

The death toll in the destroying flood in the state of Niger has increased to 150.

Spokesman for the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Husseini, confirmed the news to journalists on Saturday in Minna.

The spokesman on Friday told the media that the death toll from floods followed several hours of heavy rain in the Mokwa regional government in the state had increased from 21 to 115.

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In the latest update about the incident, a spokesman for NSEMA said that more corpses were found nearly 10 kilometers from Mokwa.

According to her. As many as 3,000 people have been displaced while 250 houses and two bridges have been swept away by floods.