{"id":275435,"date":"2024-09-02T09:42:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T01:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=275435"},"modified":"2024-09-02T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T01:42:10","slug":"niger-torrential-rains-kill-15-more-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=275435","title":{"rendered":"Niger: Torrential rains kill 15 more people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2024\/09\/01\/image-207104-1725204551.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NIAMEY,  Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Torrential rains in Niger have\u00a0killed at least 15 more people, regional authorities said, the latest casualties of the downpours lashing the African nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy rains have been drenching Africa&#8217;s Sahel region since June and the\u00a0latest victims in Niger come on top of at least 217 people who have died\u00a0across the country in that time, according to authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 350,000 people have been affected and last week rising floodwaters\u00a0nearly cut off the capital Niamey from the rest of the country before\u00a0retreating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest deaths occurred in the city of Maradi, the country&#8217;s\u00a0economic capital whose eponymous region that has been one of the areas most\u00a0affected by the rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have registered 15 human lives lost, we have also registered injured and\u00a0heavy material damage&#8221;, regional governor Issoufou Mamane told public\u00a0television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>150 millimetres of water fall on the city in the\u00a0space of 90 minutes, local television said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images broadcast on television showed water racing through the streets,\u00a0touching off landslides and collapsing homes as it carried off cars,\u00a0motorcycles and trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drinking water and electricity supplies have been affected in some areas,\u00a0according to broadcasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downpours have also disturbed traffic on the main route linking Maradi to\u00a0the city of Zinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Niger&#8217;s rainy season normally lasts from June to September and consistently\u00a0brings a heavy death toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022 there were 195 deaths and 400,000 people affected. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIAMEY, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Torrential rains in Niger have\u00a0killed at least 15 more people, regional authorities said, the latest casualties of the downpours lashing the African nation. Heavy rains have been drenching Africa&#8217;s Sahel region since June and the\u00a0latest victims in Niger come on top of at least 217 people who have died\u00a0across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275435"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275436,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275435\/revisions\/275436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}