Floods displace hundreds of thousands in central and western Africa | DW News

Parts of central and western Africa have been hit by extreme weather. The region has seen heavy flooding after what was an unusually intense rainy season. The result is a humanitarian crisis - with more than 500 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed. Chad, Niger and Nigeria are especially hard hit. The UN says more than a million people have been impacted in Chad alone. Farmland that is vital for local economies and food security has been washed away. For many, it's a situation that has gone from bad to worse. For more on this, we talk to Kiswendsida Guigma from the Red Cross Climate Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 00:00 Floods in Central and West Africa 00:40 Interview with Kiswendsida Guigma from the Red Cross Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch #Floods #HumanitarianCrisis #WestAfrica