Around 10 million children across four countries in west and central Africa are being kept out of school due to massive regional flooding, international charity Save the Children said Tuesday. The 10 million children stuck at home or displaced are in addition to around 36 million estimated to be out of school due to conflict and poverty in the four countries,

About 10 million children across four countries in West and Central Africa are currently out of school due to massive regional flooding, which has damaged and destroyed infrastructure and displaced nearly one million people from their homes, said Save the Children.

Residents of Chad, Mali, and Niger waded through flood waters or used boats along submerged streets in recent weeks. They are among 6.6 million people affected by West and Central Africa’s monsoon. Over 8.