![People paddle their canoes along flooded residential streets after a heavy downpour In Bayelsa, Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. More than 600 people have been killed so far this year and 1.3 million forced from their homes by Nigeria's worst floods in a decade. Authorities are blaming the disaster on unusually heavy rainfall and the release of excess water from the Lagdo dam in neighbouring Cameroon. Nigeria Floods](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6633222.1666977970!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/nigeria-floods.jpg)
The UN's refugee agency said Friday that destruction from flooding has killed hundreds of people in Nigeria and displaced millions, while millions more are being affected by drought across the Horn of Africa.
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