Heavy rains kill 15 in Guinea since late June; Nigeria flash floods kill 23: UN
by AFP Staff Writers
Conakry (AFP) July 29, 2025

Fifteen people have died in Guinea since late June in flooding caused by torrential rain in the west African country, according to a government report.

Besides the heavy rain, the flooding was worsened by uncontrolled construction and clogged gutters, the director of Guinea's National Agency for Emergency and Humanitarian Disaster Management (ANGUCH) told AFP.

The capital Conakry and surrounding areas have been the hardest hit, according to the report, which was sent to AFP Monday evening.

In addition to the 15 deaths, the flooding has injured 19 people and damaged 138 homes between June 28 and July 24, the report said.

A total of 52 households were forced to flee their homes, it added.

Nigeria flash floods kill 23: UN
Lagos (AFP) July 29, 2025 - Flash floods triggered by heavy seasonal rains in Nigeria's Adamawa state have killed at least 23 people and left thousands homeless, the UN humanitarian agency said Tuesday.

Dozens of others were injured as several neighbourhoods in Yola, capital of the northeastern state, were submerged on Sunday, the United Nations humanitarian affairs agency OCHA said.

Authorities are conducting search and rescue operations and have opened shelters for those displaced.

They are "warning of further rainfall and urging residents in flood-prone areas to move to higher ground," the agency said.

Heavy rains sweep Nigeria between June and November, often triggering dangerous floods where poor infrastructure and inadequate drainage often worsens the impact across Africa's most populous country.

More than 200 people have been killed in floods in Nigeria since he start of the rainy season in May, most of them in the north-central Niger state.

In 2024, more than 300 people were killed and over a million displaced in at least 34 out of Nigeria's 36 states, making it one of the country's worst flood seasons in decades, according to OCHA.

Nigerian meteorologists have warned of possible floods across most Nigerian states this rainy season. Scientists have warned that climate change is already fuelling more extreme weather patterns.

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