Tag: flood
Flood destroys 300 houses in Yobe
Alhaji Musa Jidawa, Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), on Wednesday, said that over 300 houses, farmlands and…
Flood destroys 120 houses, farms in Jigawa
Flood have destroyed 120 houses and washed away farms and other valuables worth million of naira in Jahun Local Government…
8 dead, 20,000 rescued in historic Louisiana flood
At least eight people have been declared dead and 20,000 people rescued because of “historic” flooding in the Southern U.S.…
5 dead as flood sacks thousands from homes in Louisiana
Swollen rivers in Louisiana are expected to keep rising Monday as deadly floodwaters have displaced tens of thousands of people…
Nasarawa to install automated flood warning devices
Nasarawa state government said on Tuesday that it has concluded arrangements to install automated flood warning devices in all coastal…
Thousands rendered homeless as flood destroys 5,300 houses in Kano
At least, 5,300 houses have been destroyed by flood in Kano with thousands of residents rendered homeless. Massive flood swept…
Flood kills 3, destroys cash crops in Kano State
Three persons were killed while foodstuff and cash crops worth millions of Naira were washed away during a heavy downpour…
39 dead after heavy downpour
No fewer than 39 people were killed in Nepal in landslides and flooding caused by heavy rain, authorities said on…
Flood destroys 585 houses in Sokoto
A late night flood has destroyed no fewer than 585 houses in seven towns of Wurno Local Government of Sokoto…
Flood destroys 200 houses in Katsina
No fewer than 200 houses were destroyed by flood at Maibara village in Baure Local Government Area of Katsina State…
Flood destroys 52 houses in Sokoto LG
A late night flood on July 4 destroyed no fewer than 52 houses in Wurno, headquarters of Wurno Local Government…
Flood renders many homeless, houses submerged in Birnin Kebbi
The five hours early morning rainfall in Birnin kebbi town on Tuesday had resulted in flooding and collapse of several…
Flood kills 5 in Ghana
Five people lost their lives in flood in southern Ghana city of Cape Coast, about 144 kilometres west of the…
Flood kills 100 in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Government said on Thursday that flooding caused by heavy rains had killed no fewer than 100 people in the…
Kano to assist 2015 flood victims next week – official
Ali Bashir, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency, says the state government will provide assistance to…
Flood wreaks havoc in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 200,000 residents of Akinima town, headquarters of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, have…
Flood kills boy, 11, in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba An 11-year-old boy, names withheld, who lost his life in a ravaging flood that submerged Okpai community in…
Kebbi farmers lose crops worth N3bn to flood
The Secretary, Kebbi chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Muhammad Idris, said on Friday that 45,000…
Cross River seeks inclusion in FG’s list of flood prone states
The Cross River Government has expressed dismay that it was not listed by the Federal Government among states likely to…
Plateau residents relocating to safer areas over flood
Amidst fears of possible flood in some parts of Plateau, residents in flood-prone areas are already relocating to safer areas,…
Flood victims in Abuja seek NEMA’s assistance
Flood Victims at Sheda in Kwali Area Council of the FCT have called on the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) to…
Flood alert: NEMA asks states, LGs to relocate communities in flood prone areas
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has again advised states and local governments to immediately relocate residents of communities along…
Flood sweeps 10 Onitsha traders away
Cyriacus Izuekwe At least 10 traders in Onitsha, Anambra State in eastern Nigeria, have died and many injured after they…
Flood dislodges 12 households
Alhaji Ado Musa, the Village Head of Warwade, on Saturday said that floods had dislodged 12 residential houses in his…
Kano donates N15.8m building materials to flood victims
The Kano State Government has donated N15.8 million worth of cement and roofing sheets to 415 flood victims at Hungu…
7 villages flooded in Adamawa as Kiri dam overflows
Seven communities were on Sunday flooded in Demsa and Numan local government areas of Adamawa, following heavy flow of water…
Lagos alerts residents over impending flood
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has alerted residents living in the coastal and low line areas of the impending…
Four dead, over 20,000 affected by Niger floods – UN
At least four people have died and more than 20,000 have been affected by floods in Niger caused by weeks…
2012 flood: We got N535 million, not N15 billion – Bayelsa State
Ayorinde Oluokun The Bayelsa State Post Management Committee, has described as lies the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Flood kills 2, washes away farm lands, crops in Plateau
Two persons on Wednesday died while one was missing following floods caused by a heavy downpour in three communities in…