Tag: flood
Katsina Govt., World Bank to spend N50bn on flooding
The Katsina State Government says it is working with the World Bank to spend N50 billion to tackle erosion, desertification…
Heavy rain disrupt flights in China
Nearly 100 flights have been cancelled in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, due to heavy rain that has…
Flood: 5 killed, properties destroyed Abeokuta
No fewer than five persons were feared dead and property worth millions of naira destroyed on Friday night, as flood…
Flood wreaks havoc in Abeokuta, mother and child missing
Scores of people, including a mother and child were missing Friday and properties worth billions of naira were destroyed after…
Japan struggles to restore water to flood-hit towns
Municipal Workers in Western Japan struggled on Friday to restore water supplies, a week after floods caused by a record…
Flood: Japan’s PM cancels overseas trip
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will cancel an overseas trip from Wednesday that would have taken him to Belgium, France,…
South East residents warned of impending flood
The Director of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South East Zonal office, Mr Walson Ibarakumo has warned of impending flood…
Flood: Niger police confirm 8 dead
The Police Command in Niger says eight persons have died as a result of a downpour in Rafin-Gora village in…
Agency Urges Kaduna residents to prepare for flood, relocate if necessary
The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has started sensitising residents to early-warning flood signals in the flood-prone…
Flash floods claim over 100 lives in Central Vietnam
The death toll following flash floods in Central Vietnam has risen to 106, authorities said on Wednesday, with 25 people…
Flood sacks 12 communities in C/River
Twelve communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River have been flooded following two days of heavy rain, while…
Flood displaces 3,200 people in Imo – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said a total of three thousand two hundred people (3,200) people were affected…
Flood: Nasarawa community advised against indiscriminate tree felling
The District head of Mada Station in Nasarawa state, Alhaji Musa Jatau, has advised the residents of the state against…
Floods: State orders evacuation in affected areas
The Kogi Government on Thursday ordered the immediate evacuation of traders, shanties and temporary structures around NATCO Junction of the…
15 Die In 2 Months In C/River Flooding
Fifteen people have lost their lives in severe flooding in 21 communities in Cross River in July and August this…
Flood: NEMA sends team to Benue
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed a team to provide humanitarian services to residents in Benue that were…
Floods: Nasarawa government warns against epidemic
The Nasarawa State Government has warned residents that indiscriminate dumping of refuse and building of illegal structures along water ways…
Flood displaces Over 110,000 people in Makurdi
The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi were displaced by flood.
Flood: State opens 2 camps for IDPs
Benue Government on Wednesday announced the official opening of two camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.
Houston Calamity Flood And The Limit Of Science
Following mostly through international cable news media, the images of on-going Houston flood disaster are quite scary and heart shattering.…
Flood To Worsen As Trump Visits Hurricane-Battered Texas
Flooding in South-Eastern Texas and South-Western Louisiana is expected to worsen due to overnight heavy rainfall, just as U.S. President…
Flood: State takes awareness campaign to riverine communites
Kogi Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs Rosemary Osikoya, on Monday said that the government had extended its flood…
Flood: Benue governor seeks Federal Government assistance
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Sunday appealed for financial assistance from the Federal Government toward tackling the effects of…
Flood: Benue Radio, market, 7 communities submerged in Makurdi
Benue Radio Station, Wurukum Market and seven other communities have been submerged following Saturday night heavy downpour in Makurdi.
Flooding: 30 Communities In Niger On High Risk
Mr Ugochukwu Chioke, the Chief Operating Officer of Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station (SHPS), says on Wednesday that about 30 communities…
Flood sacks over 100 families in Yobe
Over 100 people in Jajimaji, Karasuwa Local Government Area of Yobe, have been rendered homeless by flood that took over…
Flood: 82 Dead, 5 Million Stranded In Bangladesh
More than 5 million people have been stranded in Bangladesh as monsoon flooding submerged more than one-third of the South…
Over 150 Dead In India Flood
More than 150 people have died and 10 million affected in recent floods and landslides across India as the country’s…
Flood kills 2 in Abia
Heavy flooding has severely ravaged at least 46 communities in Abia, killing two children, an official of the State Emergency…
Floods hit Benue, Kastina States
Floods have destroyed many property and rendered thousands homeless in Benue and Katsina States.