{"id":8124,"date":"2025-05-31T20:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/death-toll-after-floods-submerge-nigeria-town-rises-to-151-as-thousands-displaced\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T20:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:40:24","slug":"death-toll-after-floods-submerge-nigeria-town-rises-to-151-as-thousands-displaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/death-toll-after-floods-submerge-nigeria-town-rises-to-151-as-thousands-displaced\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll after floods submerge Nigeria town rises to 151 as thousands displaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-0\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium is-hero is-delayed-player show-overlay\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<link rel=\"preload\" as=\"image\" 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