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Explainer-Why are West and Central Africa's floods so devastating this year?

By Alessandra Prentice
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the flooded Obagi community in Ahoada, Rivers state, Nigeria October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

DAKAR (Reuters) - Unusually intense seasonal rains have drenched swathes of West and Central Africa since June, unleashing deadly floods that have affected millions and submerged farmland in 19 countries.

Below are factors that are making the floods worse and data on the scale of their impact.

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