NIAMEY, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rainfall has caused 94 deaths, 93 people injured and 137,156 others affected in Niger since the rainy season began in May, authorities said.
At a press briefing on Thursday, Minister of Humanitarian Action and Disaster Management Aissa Lawan Wandarma said that among the dead, 44 were due to flooding and 50 due to house collapses.
