ahmed: anambra is one of the worst affected states. officials say the danger signs have been there but the government has failed to act. cameroon warned about this, so we know that every 2, 3 years this happens. cameron will open up the dam, and then it comes here and wipes out everything. it will get to the point where the water will come and fill up the entire country. ahmed: nigerian officials say humanitarian supplies have been distributed nationwide, but that is little comfort for hundreds of thousands who are yet to receive any help from the government at any level. ahmed idris, al jazeera, otuocha . tom: as we heard, the flooding has been made worse by seasonal rain and planned water release from a dam in neighboring cameroon. lagdo dam is in northern cameroon and was built in 1982. nigeria was supposed to build its own dam to offset the excess, but never finished it. every few years, water is released from the lagdo dam and spills into the benue river. that then floods the revere and its tributaries that flood into nigeria. eve

in the south—eastern state of anambra, the water is thigh deep and the only way out is by canoe.and cassava in the hope of getting through the rainy season unscathed. others stocked up on sandbags to keep the water out. but the brute sheer force of the floods made that impossible. flash flooding has displaced at least 1.3 million people in nigeria and some 200,000 homes have been completely washed away. the water released from several dams, which was supposed situation even worse. humanitarian groups are providing shelter, food and clothing for those who've been affected the world food programme and the un's food and with large swathes of farmland waterlogged and crops completely destroyed, rice producers are already warning that prices could soar — not least because rice imports were banned in a bid to stimulate local production. this is the worst rainy season in nigeria for a decade. but despite early warnings, it seems the countryjust wasn't prepared for the level of destruction that the rainy season has caused. wendy urquhart, bbc news. typhoon nesat brought 120 kilometre an

review of safety measures on the country's waterways, after a boat capsized amid heavy flooding in anambra are now confirmed to have died in the accident on friday. most of them were women and children trying to escape rising waters. officials say the boat suffered from engine failure and hit a bridge. a vigil has been held for the ten people killed in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal, in ireland. the names of those killed in creeslough were made known to the world on sunday — they include a 50—year—old man and his 5—year—old daughter. seven other people who were injured are still being treated in hospital. charlotte gallagher reports. ten lives lost. france, neighbours, even family members. among the victims a 39—year—old katherine o'donnell and her son 13—year—old james monaghan and robert died alongside his daughter shauna flanagan garwe who was just five. 13—year—old leona harper was buying and asking. martin mcgill was a devoted son who helped care for his elderly mum stop this community ofjust 400 people is shattered. everyone knows the victims, everyone has been ef

review of safety measures on the country�*s waterways after a boat capsized amid heavy flooding in anambrahave died in the accident on friday. most of them were women and children trying to escape rising waters. officials say the boat suffered from engine failure and hit a bridge. police in the republic of ireland have named the ten people who were killed by an explosion at a petrol station in a village in county donegal. the victims include a 39—year—old woman and her 13—year—old son, and 50—year—old man and his five—year—old daughter. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. the youngest victim of the explosion was shauna flanagan garwe, who was five. she was killed along with her dad, robert. a mum and her son also died together — catherine o�*donnell and 13—year—old. james monaghan. the other teenager who lost her life, was leona harper. she was 1a, a sports fan and a keen rugby player. there were five more victimsjessica gallagher, james 0�*flaherty, martin mcgill, martina martin and hugh kelly. creeslough has much more mourning ahead. the emergency operation is over, but the gri

in the south—eastern state of anambra, the water is thigh deep and the only way out is by canoe.he hope of getting through the rainy season unscathed. 0thers stocked up on sandbags to keep the water out. but the brute sheer force of the floods made that impossible. flash flooding has displaced at least 1.3 million people in nigeria and some 200,000 homes have been completely washed away. the water released from several dams, which was supposed to prevent excessive flooding, has made a very bad situation even worse. humanitarian groups are providing shelter, food and clothing for those who've been affected but there are fears that the worst is yet to come. the world food programme and the un's food and agricultural 0rganization have both said that nigeria is one of six countries facing a high risk of a catastrophic level of hunger. with large swathes of farmland waterlogged and crops completely destroyed, rice producers are already warning that prices could soar — not least because rice imports were banned in a bid to stimulate local production. this is the worst rainy season in n

government says 76 people drowned when a ferry boat capsized in a flooded river in the southern state of anambra it's the latest disaster to flow from a wetter-th-normal rainy season that many nigerians say has led to the worst flooding in at least a generation. officials say about 500 people have died as a direct result from flooding this year, with 1.4 million people displaced by flood waters. in washington, d.c., climate activists held a bicycle protest wednesday outside the world bank as it held its annual meetings. the demonstration came after a new report found the world bank financed at least $14.8 billion in fossil fuel development since the signing of the paris climate agreement in 2015. that's despite pledges by world bank officials to stop supporting oil and gas projects. this is mark moreno pascual, a protester from the philippines. >> what we are seeing now is they are funding more than $15 billion on fossil fuels. this is that even the complete picture. there is more money flowing through indirect financing and we are seeing that being through coal power plants in the lapine's and