Over 150 Dead As Torrential Rains

Massive flooding in Nigeria caused by excessive rainfall has resulted in over 150 fatalities and at least 3,000 property losses.

On Friday, a market town was battered by intense pre-dawn storms that left residents waist deep in water and rooftops hardly visible.

At least 500 families in three settlements in Mokwa, some 230 miles west of Abuja, Nigeria, were impacted by the rain, according to Ibrahim Audu Husseini, spokesman for the Niger state agency.

In northern Nigeria, communities have been suffering from protracted dry periods made worse by climate change, and during the brief wet season, excessive rainfall causes severe flooding.