After a week of rescue efforts and assessment of the impact of the devastating Atlantic Ocean surge at the coastline of Lagos State, a team from the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, concluded its assignment with a report indicating that the causes of the surge were natural disaster, while human-casualty was man-made.

Also using an emergency boat, NEMA rescue officer, weekend, recovered another body floating on the water near Nigerian Navy Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Leading the NEMA team after the completion of the assessment, weekend, Director of Planning Research and Forecasting of the agency, Dr. Charles Agbo, said: “Though nine bodies have so far been recovered and confirmed by NEMA officials while others, as claimed by residents, are still missing, the surge at Kuramo beach and other areas of Lagos was natural phenomena.

“But the human casualty could be blamed on carelessness of people living too close to the danger of coastline, when early warning alert were raised by appropriate authorities on the effect of climate change and global warming.”

The agency said more beaches might be affected by wave tide after the team assessed the impact on Kuramo Beach, Oniru Private Beach and some parts of Ojo, Badagry, Tarkwa Bay, Maiyegun and Alpha Beach.