INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
said on Saturday.The vessel, with 85 people on board, capsized amid heavy flooding, trapping the passengers, Thickman Tanimu, zonal
coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency, told Reuters.Anambra state Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo said in a statement
that 10 people had drowned
The head of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency said 15 people had been rescued as of Saturday evening.The incident happened between
The waters have washed away homes, crops and roads and impacted at least half a million people.Ogene said flooding had destroyed the major
road linking the eight communities to the rest of the Ogbaru local government area, forcing residents to travel by boat.Farmers say the
rising waters will push food bills higher in a nation where millions have fallen into food poverty in the past two years.Source:
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