Father James Omeh, the he parish priest of Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Gulu in Niger State in Nigeria, died on May 25 when his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters along the Lapai-Gulu Road near Duma village. A woman travelling with him was also killed.

Flooding in Nigeria that submerged a town in a crucial agricultural region has displaced thousands of people, damaged farmland and claimed nearly 200 lives, the nation’s emergency agency said Tuesday.

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