Floods in north Nigeria have killed greater than 80% of the animals in a big zoo housing wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffaloes and ostriches, the power mentioned on Tuesday.
“Some lethal animals have been washed away into our communities, like crocodiles and snakes,” the Sanda Kyarimi Park zoo added in a press release on the floods within the northern Borno state, urging residents to take precautions.
Floods started when a dam overflowed after heavy rains, uprooting 1000’s of individuals.
The catastrophe has affected different amenities within the state capital, Maiduguri, together with the publish workplace and a educating hospital, mentioned the workplace of the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, which instructed individuals to evacuate the worst-hit areas.
“President Tinubu extends his heartfelt condolences to the federal government and other people of the state, particularly to the households which have misplaced their technique of livelihood because of the catastrophe triggered by the overflow of the Alau Dam,” the assertion mentioned, saying humanitarian wants could be addressed.
Floods within the north-east of Nigeria killed a minimum of 49 individuals final month, whereas a 2022 flood killed greater than 600.
Borno state, the birthplace of the Boko Haram jihadist organisation, additionally continues to grapple with a 15-year insurgency that has killed and displaced many.
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