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Nigeria: 100,000 People Forced to Evacuate Widespread Flooding

HeadlineSep 05, 2017

In more climate-related news, more than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in Nigeria because of widespread flooding in the center of Nigeria. In South Asia, the historic flooding that has killed more than 1,200 people has also destroyed as many as 18,000 schools, leaving as many as 1.8 million children unable to go to class.

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