Tag: flood
Ogun issues flood alert, warns communities to relocate immediately
In a statement issued on Sunday, the Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, said the anticipated flooding would result from a…
NiMeT warns residents of 21 states at high risk of flooding (Full List)
NEMA said these incidents were recorded in 47 Local Government Areas across 20 states, including: Abia, FCT, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom,…
NiMet warns of nationwide thunderstorms, flash flood risks
weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, the agency said morning thunderstorms with moderate rainfall are expected on Monday in…
Lagos issues urgent warning over flash floods, heavy rainfall
The advisory also reiterated the danger faced by motorists and pedestrians who attempt to navigate flooded streets, warning that vehicles…
FG advocates urgent flood action
Kambari advised Nyanya residents to avoid indiscriminate waste disposal, warning that blocked drainages are a major cause of urban flooding.
Anxiety as ravaging flood washes corpses from graves, cold kills people in Edo
Odemokpai who disclosed that the local government Councils "are doing something at the moment", however called on the National Emergency…
Delta sets up camps for flood victims
“Aside from the above provisions, we have also made arrangements for school children to be taught in the camps”.
Flood: IOM, Benue trains 200 officers on gender-based violence
Barengayabo said the training would help the officers to handle all manner of GBV and prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse,…
NEMA, SEMA urge Kano residents to prepare for flood
“The government can not do it alone, we need to clear our drainages and avoid dumping of refuse any how,…
NiMet prediction: C’River Govt. discloses flood containment plan
He said that the state government had made arrangements towards reducing the impact of flooding in the state during the…
Flood damages INEC office in Edo (Photos)
Preliminary assessment shows that the heavy downpour damaged a section of the building, while movable and immovable items were submerged.
Flooding: Ogun warns Akute, Isheri, Mowe, Ibafo residents to vacate areas
Oresanya said the warning became imperative following the prediction of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency on the 2023 flood alert in…
Death toll from floods, landslides rises to 150
Storm Nalgae pounded the afflicted districts with days of torrential rain and powerful winds, causing more than 15,000 homes to…
Flood ravages Otuoke, ex-President Jonathan’s hometown
Some residents of the community now use canoes to access their homes following the overflow of River Orashi, Taylor, and…
Floods kill 50 people in Adamawa
Recent floods killed at least 50 persons in 11 communities in Adamawa and injured 71 others.
Bayelsa communities submerged by flood (Photos)
Many homes were swallowed up, as the governor, Douye Diri has taken as assessment tour of the affected areas.
Three dead, residents displaced as Bayelsa community is submerged by flood
The death toll from the flood disaster was confirmed by Bayelsa government on Wednesday.
Anambra Govt says flood impact monumental, seeks FG’s help
Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, Anambra Deputy Governor, said this while crying out that the ongoing flooding in parts of the state…
24 dead as flood, rainstorm sack 18,245 in Katsina
Muhammad said that the disasters were recorded in all the 34 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state during the…
Lagos warns: Massive flood may sack Ketu, Mile 12, Ajegunle, 14 other communities
He added that all identified areas like Ketu, Alapere, Agric, Owode Onirin, Ajegunle, Alagbole, Kara, Isheri Olowora, Araromi Otun Orisha…
Again, massive floods take over Kogi communities
Exactly ten years after a massive flood submerged several communities in Kogi State, the waters have returned to wreak more…
Flood submerges 17 communities in Nasarawa
Some of the affected communities visited included Umaisha, Kanaworo, Ehemkpa, Gbagidigbo, and Ogbere.
11 die in flood-ravaged communities in Yobe
The flood, triggered by torrential rains, had destroyed 180 houses and washed off 752 hectares of farmlands.
300 dead, 100,000 others displaced in devastating flood in Nigeria
He said that the meeting was convened to urgently review emergency situations and plan for further action by all emergency…
Flood sacks over 100 households in Benue
Shior said the areas mostly affected in the current incident were Achussah, Mobile Barracks Road, Welfare Quarters Extension, Kucha, Utembe,…
Flood ravages 225 communities across Kano, Jigawa
Abdullahi said the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Aug.16, predicted above normal rainfall in 19 states between August and September…
Flood destroys farmlands, displaces 183 households in Adamawa
Floods have destroyed 1,750 hectares of farmland and displaced 183 households in the Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa.
Kentucky floods kill at least 28
Beshear, who declared a state emergency over the floods, earlier told NBC that authorities will "be finding bodies for weeks"…
Lagos PPP Office warns residents on drain clogging
According to the office, the recent flooding and the subsequent loss of lives and property were avoidable if all residents…
Ogun advises residents to brace up for rainy season
Oresanya, however, encouraged Community Development Associations (CDA) to educate their members on the need to always and properly evacuate their…