Severe flooding in Nigeria’s Niger State has displaced nearly 2,000 people and killed close to 200, according to the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

Flooding in Nigeria that submerged a town in a crucial agricultural region has displaced thousands of people, damaged farmland and claimed nearly 200 lives, the nation’s emergency agency said Tuesday.

The death toll from devastating flash floods in Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria, has risen to over 200, officials confirmed Tuesday. The flooding, caused by torrential overnight rains last Thursday, destroyed more than 250 homes and left hundreds missing,