Ismail Alfa

Oct 27, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ruth Maclean |Ismail Alfa |Fati Abubakar

For years, villagers who lived near the Alau dam in northeastern Nigeria had told government officials that the structure was broken and the reservoir behind it too full. But in early September, after heavy rains, a half-dozen officials stood overlooking the brimming reservoir, their feet squelching in the mud as they tried to reassure Nigerians that the dam was in good condition. "The dam is not broken," Alhaji Bukar Tijani, the government official leading the delegation, said that day.

Sep 16, 2024 | infobae.com | Ruth Maclean |Ismail Alfa

FloodsDeaths (Fatalities)WeatherRainWorld Meteorological OrganizationMaiduguri (Nigeria)AfricaLas crecidas provocadas por las fuertes lluvias han dejado más de 1000 muertos y cientos de miles de viviendas destruidas. [Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora]Aishatu Bunu, maestra de primaria en Maiduguri, una ciudad del noreste de Nigeria, se despertó a las 5 a. m. con el sonido de los gritos de sus vecinos. Cuando abrió la puerta de su casa, se encontró con la crecida de las aguas.

Sep 16, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ruth Maclean |Ismail Alfa

[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Aishatu Bunu, maestra de primaria en Maiduguri, una ciudad del noreste de Nigeria, se despertó a las 5 a. m. con el sonido de los gritos de sus vecinos. Cuando abrió la puerta de su casa, se encontró con la crecida de las aguas. "Lo vimos... se venía el agua", dijo Bunu.

Sep 15, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Ismail Alfa

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Aishatu Bunu, an elementary schoolteacher in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria’s northeast, woke up at 5 a.m. to the sound of her neighbors shouting. She opened her front door. “We saw — water is coming,” Bunu said. In a panic, she and her three young children grabbed some clothes and her educational certificates and fled their home into waters that quickly became chest high. They eventually found temporary shelter at a gas station.

Sep 15, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ruth Maclean |Ismail Alfa

Aishatu Bunu, an elementary schoolteacher in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's northeast, woke up at 5 a.m. to the sound of her neighbors shouting. When she opened her front door, she was greeted by the sight of rising waters outside. "We saw - water is coming," Ms. Bunu said. In a panic, she and her three young children grabbed some clothes and her educational certificates and fled their home into waters that quickly became chest high, eventually finding temporary shelter at a gas station.