Nigerialagos, the city more than 24 million people, is suffering from an unusual flood and the risk of being engulfed because of sea level rise.

Nigerians, the most populous country in Africa, are familiar with annual floods engulfing coastal cities from March to November. However, in mid-July, Lagos Island, busy commercial area

It is very bad and unusual, Eselebor Oseluonamhen, 32, runs a media company in Lagos, said.

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Photos and videos on social networks show dozens of cars flooded after the flooding rain.

As a place of living of more than 24 million people, Lagos, a sunken city on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria, may no longer be suitable for people living in the late this century, when sea level rise due to variables

According to the study led by the Research Institute, the problem became worse due to the weak drainage system, not fully maintained and the urban development process loses control.

Lagos is built a part of land and consists of a island sequence.

Environmental professionals said sand mining activities to build as the main cause of coastal erosion in Lagos.

In Victoria Island, a rich residential area in Lagos, a completely new coastal city named Eko Atlantic is being built on the sea encroachment and will be protected by 8 km long concrete dyke.

This ambitious project can contribute to minimizing the shortage of housing in other areas of the city, Song Ezekiel is concerned that the sea encroachment will put pressure on other coastal areas.

Other critics argue the neighborhood without a security dyke will easily be flooded by sea level rise.

Lagos Island was flooded on July 16.

The coastal city in some parts of the world may be permanently engulfed in 2100, according to the research results of the Climate Central group.

Due to human greenhouse discharge operation, rising sea level in the next three decades can cause frequent flooding with land currently the place of living of 300 million people, the study said.

Global sea level is forecast to increase by two meters by the end of this century, causing Lagos, where experts think that is less than two meters above the sea surface, in a precarious state due to a segment of Nigeria coast

Perennial floods in the coastal areas of Nigeria have killed many people and many people have to relocate.

Every year we have witnessed floods in Nigeria.

In addition to climate change, poor drainage systems and congestion in the city are said to have caused flooding.

Climate change closes are not small, making sea level rise, but what you can see in this video is mainly drainage system, a Twitter person who posted a video about the recent flood in Lagos

Panoramic Lagos island looks from above 2016. Photo: AFP.

Lagos officials have started to open water channels to minimize floods.

Nigerian economies have difficulty in recent years, making financial resources for climate change and other important areas cut.

Last month, the Nigerian Ministry announced the president to approve the national policy on climate change to address most, if not all, challenges due to climate change and vulnerability due to damage