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𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧

Cars and houses submerged in water, commuters wading through buses knee-high in floods, and homeowners counting the cost of destroyed properties. Welcome to Lagos during rainy season. Residents of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, are used to the yearly floods that engulf the coastal city during the months of March to November. In mid-July, however, the major business district of Lagos Island experienced one of its worst floods in recent years. "It was very bad, and unusual," Eselebor Oseluonamhen, 32 told CNN. "I drove out of my house ... I didn't realize it had rained so much ... There was...

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