Shaba

Mokwa District Head, Alhaji Muhammadu Shaba Aliyu, indicated to the BBC that there is a "reservoir" in the area that can spill out water "anytime there's rain", however he added that the magnitude of the flood is excessive.

Mokwa's District Head, Muhammad Shaba Aliyu, said it has been "60 years" since the community had suffered this kind of flooding.

"I don't have a house to sleep in. My house has already collapsed," Danjuma Shaba said.

Mary, a 58-year-old Asian elephant, and African elephant Shaba, 42, lived with her at the Elephant Care Center.

Carelessly, she let her shaba fall, satisfied to hear it clink loudly against the temple’s polished stone floor with each bounce.