At least 20 people have died in Nigeria this week after the country's worst flooding in a decade.
Thousands of hectares of farmland have been destroyed, heightening fears of a disruption in food supplies as hundreds of people have been injured and some 100,000 people have been displaced.
"I have lost my properties and my agricultural land with my cereals, my wives and children are in a camp for displaced people. I do not know how they feed themselves or in what state of health they are. I implore the government to provide shelter and medicine for my family." said 48-year-old farmer Malam Abubakar Kubayo.
The floods have indeed drowned crops throughout the northern region, which produces much of what the country eats.
But in addition to the country's food security at risk, the disaster management agency warns of "serious consequences" in the coming weeks as two dams have begun to overflow.
"As you can see, all of my fellow citizens have moved away from here. This community and many communities in our local government area have been washed away by the floods. My properties are gone, my farmland. I lost two tractors and I don't know where they are now. I ask the government to help us." explained_Malam Muhammad Garba, a 59-year-old municipal official.
The surge has affected half a million people in 27 states and more than 300 people have been killed in floods since the start of the year.
The Hydrological Services Agency of Nigeria predicts more flooding in 2022 than last year due to "excessive rainfall" .
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