The official death toll after deadly floods hit the Nigerian town of Mokwa on Thursday has risen to more than 200, officials say.

Nigeria is suffering a devastating loss amid what is being referred to as the worst flooding in 60 years. According to the BBC, the official death toll is currently at more than 200 people with 500 others still missing.

The floods occurred in the districts of Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa in Mokuwa after heavy rains pelted the region. Water swept in around 3 a.m. local time when most people were asleep, “resulting in significant loss of life and widespread distress.

Adamu Yusuf was preparing to go to the Mokwa market when he heard his neighbour shouting - floodwaters were sweeping through the Nigerian town.

Torrents of predawn rain unleashed deadly flooding that killed scores of people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south, officials said Friday, as they predicted that the death toll would grow.

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At least 150 people killed and many more missing after torrential rains cause flooding in Mokwa city in Niger State.

Adamu Yusuf's life has been upended since he lost nine of his family members in Tiffin Maza, one of two communities in his town worst-hit by floods in north-central Nigeria.The father-of-one, 36, said his wife and newborn baby were among those washed away in floods early on Thursday morning in Niger state.