According to rainfall data from the Regional Climate Center for West Africa and the Sahel, rainfall in the Sahelian strip over the past 30 days was 120 to 600 percent above average compared to the 1991-2020 reference period. These torrential rains have caused severe flooding, severely impacting livelihoods and access to basic social services for more than 700,000 people in several West and Central African countries, including the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Togo.