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Floods Ravage Lagos Communities as Families Battle for Survival.
Each rainy season, floodwaters relentlessly engulf homes and livelihoods across Nigeria, turning dreams into despair. From Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Yobe, and beyond, families find themselves battling rising waters that swallow everything in their path, forcing desperate escapes, destroying property, and leaving lasting scars on communities already struggling to survive.
In Lagos, the tragedy struck again on August 3, 2025, when torrential rainfall turned into a devastating flood in Ikorodu, leaving residents stranded and helpless.
For Mrs. Abdulrazaq Suliat, the evening started like any other. But within hours, the drizzle that formed shallow puddles outside her home in the Ijede area of Ikorodu swelled into raging streams that burst into her home, threatening the lives of her children.
> "I was battling for my children's lives in the flood, with only a phone's torchlight to guide us. I watched our belongings float away, some buried under the water," Suliat recalled in tears.
The downpour, which lasted more than seven relentless hours, submerged homes, shops, and roads in Ikorodu, leaving entire communities cut off. Residents waded through waist-deep water, clinging to rooftops and makeshift rafts in desperate attempts to survive.
Flooding has become an annual nightmare in Nigeria, exacerbated by poor drainage systems, unplanned settlements, and changing climate patterns. Experts warn that unless urgent action is taken to strengthen infrastructure and improve disaster preparedness, the humanitarian toll will continue to mount.
For families like Suliat's, the scars of this year's floods are more than physical — they are painful reminders of lives disrupted and dreams washed away.
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