;DPHOTONEWS: Atlantic Ocean’s Fatal Surge Into Lagos
A violent ocean surge yesterday killed 16 people in Lagos including a six year old girl. So far, 6 bodies have been recovered.

Last night the Atlantic ocean conquered the boundary between it and the Kuramo Beach, sweeping away 16 residents

http://saharareporters.com/gallery/photonews-atlantic-ocean%E2%80%99s-fatal-surge-lagos

May his/her soul rest in peace!

It was very bad.
Lekki and elegushi beaches were likewise affected on Friday.

This is serious oohh

Whoa!! Strange. . .not strange like strange perse but,things like dis dont really happen in this parts at least,i understand d ocean can cross its boundary absolutely normal. . .but,wasnt there some kind of earthquake or fault or sometin 2 have caused this??,is this like a mini-tsunami or sometin??

RIp to those who fell. . .

May there gentle souls rest in perfect peace.

Inna li Lah wa ina Ilayhi rajiun. May Allah save us from all these calamities.

Thank God LASG evacuated the people living there some months ago. It would have been worse than this May thie souls rest in peace

Hmm, hmmm, hmmm, if there is Tsunami in Lagos, millions would die.

Yet they say this is this future of lagos I better start making preparation of how to go back to my village

Eeyah...

idowuswap: Igbo wey just come lagos make den beware cus then no know anything

you wana start som'un dude....

May their souls rest in peace. On a scientific note, isn't there supposed to be a high probability of an ocean surge at the end of a lunar cycle? Can anyone confirm this?

kunle.t.ade:
Yet they say this is this future of lagos I better start making preparation of how to go back to my village

Pls do!

Most likely the effects of Eko atlantic. The sandfilling & construction going on there is massive,thereby causing an upsurge in the water current. No wonder an Estate agent recently said there is a massive relocation of people from the island to mainland in turn increasing the prices of properties on the mainland.

Atlantic Ocean dey vex o! RIP to the dead.

idowuswap: Igbo wey just come lagos make den beware cus then no know anything

wat has ur commet got 2 do wt d topic,must u talk?

End time!!!

Its a terrific tragedy,GOD save them.

Shaw007: Whoa!! Strange. . .not strange like strange perse but,things like dis dont really happen in this parts at least,i understand d ocean can cross its boundary absolutely normal. . .but,wasnt there some kind of earthquake or fault or sometin 2 have caused this??,is this like a mini-tsunami or sometin??

My first thought was the same as yours but also sometimes it can come from distant bad winds in the ocean...I Searched on a web site "Latest earthquakes in the world-past 7 days." Just type that into google or so and there is a USGS (united states geological survey) list of all the significant quakes in the world..I checkit every day........The list shows an earthquake in the mid atlantic fault right on same latitude as nigerian coast..It was 5.2 quake aug 17 and is big enough to make small surge to reach lagos and even delta coastal regions.The 1st report was august 18, so maybe it was from august 17 event which took many hours to reach lagos..It is possible that offshore underwater ridges near lagos could have swelled the surge into lagos area....This is not an official report,only my own independant considerations....Be safe you ocean dwelling people and maybe Naija government has been right to remove all the waterfront settlers in lagos..I hope the government will offer alternative resettlement and not just evict them to wander lost....

hotel vantage is almost gone all its sea side seatout washed off and hotel closed . goshen estate in under threat too.

chii8: wat has ur commet got 2 do wt d topic,must u talk?

Hapu ya k'ona ako nonsense

I think it has to do more with the "tropical cyclone" which is a function of the weather (Related to an El Nino event, perhaps), rather than earthquake or tsunami.

I'm not an expert on this, so I believe the physical oceanographers in the house should help us out.

...And Lagos is spending Billions to build Atlantic city? Hmmm I bet you write your will after buying a property at the said city.

idowuswap: Igbo wey just come lagos make den beware cus then no know anything

No respect for the death

With things like this happening, I kinda worry about the safety of Eko Atlantic City when finished.

Does Nigeria Navy have an Atlantic Fleet der?

ohhhh! Dis is a sad news.may die soul rest in perfect peace amen. Bt people shuld beware of living close 2 ocean, it's very dengerous pls.