Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead.

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,

On a hot and humid afternoon in Mokwa, Nigeria, Fatima and Habiba Jibrin sat under a mango tree, waiting for the recovery of corpses they fear may never come. Fatima and Habiba Jibrin, along with Fatima Muhammed,