{"id":8003,"date":"2025-06-03T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=8003"},"modified":"2025-06-03T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:06:11","slug":"over-150-dead-as-torrential-rains-trigger-catastrophic-flooding-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=8003","title":{"rendered":"Over 150 Dead As Torrential Rains Trigger Catastrophic Flooding In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Massive flooding in Nigeria due to heavy rainfall has caused over 150 deaths and damaged at least 3,000 properties.<\/p>\n<p>In Mokwa, a market town 230 miles west of Abuja, intense early morning storms left homes submerged and residents wading through waist-deep water. Around 500 families were affected, according to Niger state authorities.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu activated the national emergency response, promising immediate aid and shelter for victims. He stated that all federal agencies have been mobilized to assist with search-and-rescue operations and relief distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Locals mourned the dead while others searched for missing loved ones. Mokwa, a key trade hub for agricultural goods, also suffered severe economic losses.<\/p>\n<p>This disaster follows the 2024 floods that displaced hundreds of thousands and caused a prison break of 300 inmates in Maiduguri, where floodwaters destroyed a dam and correctional facilities. At least 30 people died and over a million were affected.<\/p>\n<p>Fatima Yakubu, a resident of northeastern Nigeria, described waking up to rising water levels inside her home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massive flooding in Nigeria due to heavy rainfall has caused over 150 deaths and damaged at least 3,000 properties. In Mokwa, a market town 230 miles west&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8005,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003\/revisions\/8005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}