( CNN ) -- Flooding has claimed 102 lives in southwestern Nigeria , where a dam burst and a river overflowed near the city of Ibadan , officials said Wednesday . A rain deluge from Friday night to early Saturday caused the Odo Ona River to overflow and the Eleyele dam to collapse , said Yushau Shuaib of the government 's National Emergency Management Agency . Several homes were swept away and temporary camps were set up , Shuaib said . The Nigerian Red Cross , which is helping in the crisis , said earlier this week that more victims could still be found in remote areas that rescue teams have not reached . The government is delivering aid to people displaced by the flooding in Ibadan and surrounding areas in Oyo state , the National Emergency Management Agency said . Thousands of people have been displaced , and about 1,500 of them are being looked after in centers run by government officials and the Red Cross in the Ibadan area , Red Cross spokesman Umar Mairiga told CNN on Tuesday . They are being given emergency food rations , as well as mattresses , blankets and rubber mats , Mairiga said . The deputy governor of Oyo state , Chief Moses Adeyemo , called for more federal government help to resettle those displaced and to rebuild bridges and water channels destroyed by the flooding , the statement said . NEMA warned that there could be more flooding in urban areas during the rainy season if drains were inadequate or blocked by uncleared waste . Journalist Alkasim Abdulkadir and CNN 's Christian Purefoy and Laura Smith-Spark contributed to this report .
More than 100 people have died in Nigerian waters . More flooding is possible during the rainy season , WHO warns . Thousands of people have been displaced , the Nigerian Red Cross says .