Nigeria’s deadly flood exposes urgent need for climate adaptation plan

Better drainage and early warning would help curb losses from future floods but, unlike many other nations, Nigeria has yet to publish an adaptation plan
Better drainage and early warning would help curb losses from a future flood but Nigeria's adaptation plan hasn't been published yet Better drainage and early warning would help curb losses from a future flood but Nigeria's adaptation plan hasn't been published yet
Children react near rubbles from collapsed houses following a flooding that killed 151 people and forced several thousand from their homes in Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria, May 31, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

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