More than 100 killed in heavy Nigeria flooding, rescue efforts ongoing | Floods News

Local officials warn the death toll could rise after heavy rainfall flooded a market town in Niger State.

At least 111 people have been killed after heavy flooding submerged the market town of Mokwa in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, destroying thousands of homes, according to a local official, in a country beset by deadly storms every year.

Head of the operations office in Minna, capital of Niger State, Husseini Isah, said on Friday that many people were still in peril as rescue…