Maiduguri, the Borno State capital has been submerged in flood after the Alau Dam collapsed on Tuesday morning.
The United Nations Human Rights Refugee Council (UNHCR) and residents of the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) described the flood as the city’s worst experience when compared to the flood that swept the city in 1994.
The flood has rendered many homeless as they have had to flee their homes to dry lands to avoid being trapped in the flood.
The Shehu’s Palace, the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and the Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo were some of the public infrastructure submerged by flood.
A prison wall located along the Custom area was also broken by flood as some inmates allegedly drowned while several others escaped for their lives.
Below are photos from Maiduguri.
A women affected by flood water carries her salvaged belongings on her head in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)TOPSHOT – This aerial view shows people wading through flood water next to submerged houses in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024 Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPA general view of flood water surrounding a building in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024 Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPA general view of flood water surrounding a car in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024 Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPThis aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_1 Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPA general view of flood water surrounding an entrance to a school in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024 Photo by Audu MARTE – AFPTOPSHOT – This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_1 Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPA general view of flood water surrounding belongings of people in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024 Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPThis aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_2 Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPNational Emergency Management Agency NEMA Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPThis aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_6_Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPResidents carry their salvaged belongings on a motorcycle in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024 Photo by Audu MARTE AFPThis aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_1_Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPThis aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_B Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPThis aerial view shows people queueing to give their information to National Emergency Management Agency Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPThis aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_B Photo by Audu MARTE-AFPThis aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024_V-Photo by Audu MARTE-AFP
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