<p>Emeka Okoye, a 54-year-old farmer, and his family got trapped when a heavy flood bubbled into their apartment in southeastern Nigeria. He quickly moved his family from the ground floor and relocated them upstairs.</p> <p>"It wasn't a good experience for my family and me. Some of my properties were swept away by the gushing flood, while others were damaged," Okoye said of the early October flooding.</p> <p>Emeka also lost his farmland — his yams, cassava and potatoes.</p>