At least 35 people are dead and thousands rendered homeless in Niger as a result of heavy flooding triggered by torrential rains
File Photo: A general view shows ruins of houses destroyed by floods in Agadez, a market town northeast of Niger's capital Niamey, on September 3, 2009.
Heavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26,500 homeless, the civil protection agency said.A total of 26,532 people had to leave their houses, it said. The worst-hit regions were Maradi in the southeast with 10 deaths, Agadez in the north with 10 fatalities and the capital Niamey where eight people died.A total of 2,500 houses were destroyed and some 50 schools, mosques, shops and grain silos were damaged. The short rainy seasons wreaks havoc in the dry Sahel country every year.
Last year, floods claimed 73 lives and sparked a humanitarian crisis with 2.2 million people needing assistance, according to the United Nations.
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