A wave of deadly flooding in West and Central Africa left the remains of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies. ... said the floods destroyed her mud hut in the northern city of Agadez. 5.

Floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands in the region, worsening existing humanitarian crises. Latest U.S.

South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province on Thursday mourned 92 victims of floods that battered the region last week and displaced thousands.. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News ...

The flooding that has swept through parts of West and Central Africa this year has claimed hundreds of lives, devastated infrastructure and agriculture and left millions displaced.

"We have nothing left, not even food." Mustapha counts among millions of people across West and Central Africa affected by some of the most severe flooding in decades.

Floods in mostly arid Niger have impacted over 841,000 people, killing hundreds and displacing more than 400,000. Harira Adamou, a 50-year-old single mother of six, is one of them.

Death toll in S.Africa floods rises to 78. ... (500 miles) south of Johannesburg, where residents picked through the mud three days later to salvage what they could from their destroyed homes. ...

South Africa rescue teams recovered more bodies Thursday, days after heavy rains and strong winds battered the Eastern Cape province, as the death toll rose to at least 78.