Tag: flood
Flood destroys N46m worth of houses, crops in Bauchi
Houses and crops worth N46.16 million have been destroyed by flood in Misau town and surrounding villages in Bauchi State.…
Four drown in flood, property worth millions destroyed in Anambra
Four persons got drowned and property worth millions of naira destroyed in Obosi community near Onitsha, following a downpour that…
Bangkok Sinking, May Be Underwater In 15 Years
A study commissioned by the Thai government has found that Bangkok, the country’s capital and most populous city, is seriously…
Flood destroys 115 houses in Sokoto
The Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that the flood that occurred in Butuku-Babba village of Bodinga Local Government…
Flood destroys 100 houses, farmland in Sokoto
The flood that swept through Butuku-Babba village of Bodinga Local Government in Sokoto State on June 29 has wrecked havoc…
Lagos government provides toll free line to report flooding
The Lagos State government on Thursdsy, provided a free phone line for residents to report outbreak of flooding in their…
Now That The Rains Are Here
By Bilikis Bakare For generations, rainfall has been known to serve as showers of divine blessings as it had always…
Heavy Downpour: Lagos warns residents of flood, urges them to relocate
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has warned residents living in the low line (flood plains) areas to relocate immediately…
Death toll in Accra flood, fire disasters now 152 – Ghana President
Ghanaian President, John Mahama, said on Wednesday, that the official death toll in the 3 June flood and fire disasters…
Buhari condoles Ghana over fire, flood tragedies
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Ghana over the dual tragedy of flooding and fire…
12 more die in violent flood in Malawi
Twelve more people have been found dead across Malawi after they were washed away by flood, a report said on…
Five dead as flash flood sweeps through France
Five people died when storms turned a peaceful river that bordered their camping site in southern France into a raging…
At least 11 dead as flood rescue boat capsizes in Pakistan
At least eleven people including a bridegroom and two children drowned Sunday when a rescue boat carrying a wedding party…
Nepal floods kill at least 97 as cholera fears rise
Rescuers Sunday found 12 more bodies buried under mud and debris to bring the death toll from landslides and flooding…
Thousands of Sudan homes destroyed in floods
More than 3,000 homes have been destroyed by floods that hit almost half of Sudan’s states over Ramadan and the…
Flood kills 3 persons, renders many homeless in Edo
No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead following a torrential rain on Sunday in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko Edo…
Flood Renders 50 Families Homeless
Flood waters that overflowed a drainage system have displaced more than 50 families in Orihionmwon Local Government Area of Edo…
Bosnia floods unearth war graves
The remains of 24 people, believed to be Muslims killed during Bosnia’s 1990s war, were exhumed from several graves unearthed…
Ten dead, three missing in Bulgaria flooding
At least ten people, including two children, died and three more were missing in heavy floods after torrential rain lashed…
Mitigating Impact Of Flood
Lagos State is known to be a coastal city where the sea level rises during the rainy season. This, consequently,…
26 die in China flood
Storms in southern and central China have left at least 26 people dead and 10 missing, state media said Monday,…
Flood Wreaks Havoc In Ilorin
Stephen Oni/Ilorin Two children reportedly drowned in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, during a storm that accompanied a downpour on Wednesday…
Awaiting The Gathering Storm: The United Kingdom Experience
By Mac Durugbo In the last few days, global attention has been drawn to the United Kingdom where the wettest…
50 Houses Collapse As Rain Wreaks Havoc
Following the torrential rain that fell for about 22 hours in Benin City on Monday, residents of the Edo State…
Floods Displace 7m Nigerians —NEMA
At least seven million Nigerians were displaced in various floods recorded nationwide by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in…
Horror: Flood unearths corpses in Kano cemetery
No fewer than 20 corpses were unearthed at the Yan Kaba Cemetery in Kano metropolis, northern Nigeria following floods which…
My Daughter’s Death A Big Loss
The mother of a 7-year old Primary 2 pupil of UNA Primary School, Iju Ishaga, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Mrs.…
Avoiding The Fury Of Flood
Late last month, the Director General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, John Shamonda, presented the 2013 Annual Flood Outlook, AFO,…
Lagos Traders Count Losses After Prolonged Rain
Some traders in the various markets in Lagos sustained financial losses yesterday following the prolonged rain which began in the…
Lagos And The Coming Rains
By Tayo Ogunbiyi While some parts of the country experienced flooding of greater dimension last year, the situation in Lagos…