00:00Women, desperate for safety, as they climb into an army truck.
00:06Thousands of others, walking through floodwaters.
00:11More than 400,000 forced to leave their homes.
00:14The city of Maduguri is submerged after being hit by the sudden rise of waters over the
00:19weekend.
00:21After weeks of heavy rains, the Alao Dam on the Nagda River ruptured.
00:26At least 30 people were killed.
00:28It's very terrible, very terrible.
00:32I never prayed for even my enemy to experience such a thing.
00:36For you to leave your home without any single thing, just with your own personal clothes,
00:42is not something to pray for anymore in your life.
00:48Emergency aid from local authorities has arrived, with the Borno governor greeted by cheers
00:54as he distributes relief parcels.
00:56We are here to support, provide immediate support for them.
01:00The flood has affected them, they can't have access to their banks even.
01:05So what we decided to do is to give 10,000 to each of the head of household, both male
01:13and female heads of household.
01:15Six dollars.
01:16And the National Emergency Management Agency said it will also start distributing food
01:21soon.
01:22NGO Save the Children warned damages to farmland will worsen Nigeria's high rates of food insecurity.
