Torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa
Voice of America
Houses are partially submerged following a dam collapse in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Sept. 10, 2024. People walk through floodwaters following a dam collapse in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Sept. 10, 2024.
Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam. Corpses of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies on what used to be main streets.
Workers pull a hand cart loaded with sacks of vegetables through a wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 13, 2024. FILE - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe waves to supporters as he arrives to address a public election rally in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka, Sept. 17, 2024. Leader and the presidential candidate of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks to supporters during the final public rally ahead of the election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 18, 2024. Presidential candidate and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawgaya or United People's Power party waves to supporters as he arrives for the final election rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 18, 2024. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa attends an election rally ahead of the upcoming presidential election, in Colombo on Sept. 16, 2024.
People sit next to torn election posters at a street in Dematagoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 7, 2024. Lankika Dilrukshi, 31, along with her son is pictured inside her house in Thotalanga, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 9, 2024. Nancy Hemalatha, 61, a fruit seller waits for customers at her shop in Thotalanga, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 9, 2024.