At least 150 people killed and many more missing after torrential rains cause flooding in Mokwa city in Niger State.

Torrential rains over two days caused flash flooding that killed at least 151 people in Mokwa, Nigeria. The death toll is expected to climb in the city that has a population of more than 416,000 and is located 235 miles west of the Nigerian capital of Abuja,

The flood ravaged three Mokwa communities where over 50 houses were completely washed away with their occupants.