Tag: floods
Floods devastate farmlands in Niger, displace communities
In a reaction, the state government on Sunday, reiterated its warning to riverine communities in the state to immediately relocate…
Floods devastate 19 States, 165 lives lost
The agency says, “53,314 children , 36,573 women, 24,600 men, 5,304 elderly, 1,863 disabled persons have so far been affected…
Rain, floods hit Lagos (Photos)
P.M. News Photographer/Camera man, Idowu Otegbola was at Abattoir area in Agege to report the effect of the flood on…
Death toll from Brazil floods rises to 40
More than 600 millimetres of rainfall were recorded within 24 hours in the state of São Paulo, according to the…
Weather forecast: FCT, 32 states risk high floods in 2023
"The moderate impact level of floods is expected in parts of 41 LGAs within the months of April, May and…
98 dead, 63 missing in floods
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm in the Philippines has hit 98, with 63…
Floods kill 14, injure 12 in Afghanistan
The floods also left more than 1,430 livestock killed and hundreds of kilometres of roads, numerous protective walls, bridges and…
Flash floods kill 13, render 15,000 homeless
Flash floods have swept 16 villages in Tanzania's southern district of Kilwa in Lindi region, leading to the death of…
Flood: Indonesia plans cloud seeding to halt rain
Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding on Friday in a bid to prevent further rainfall over the capital Jakarta, after…
Floods submerge schools in Ondo, gov orders 3-week holiday
Many schools and communities have been submerged by floods in Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, as a result of the unabated…
Nepal floods, landslides: Death toll rises to 27
Three people were killed in a village in eastern Nepal on Saturday, bringing the death toll from floods and landslides…
Nigerian Content Board donates relief materials to Bayelsa flood victims
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Sunday urged oil firms operating in the Niger Delta to assist…
Gombe: Floods kill 9, destroy over 200 houses
Nine people lost their lives while over 200 houses were destroyed and numerous farm lands washed out by flood in…
Death toll rises to 90 in Nepal landslides, floods
Five people were killed in Nepal on Wednesday by landslides and flooding brought on by monsoon rains, bringing the death…
Kaduna Govt. warns of imminent floods in 5 councils
Kaduna State Government has warned of imminent flood in five local government areas of the state.
Floods kill 1,200 in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, millions rendered homeless
At least 1,200 people have been killed and millions have been left homeless following devastating floods that have hit India,…
Floods kill 18 in China, 18 missing
Eighteen people have died and another 18 remain missing after floods in China's northeastern city of Jilin, local authorities said…
Floods kill 26 in Kenya
At least 26 persons were killed and 24,803 others displaced in 13 counties across Kenya by raging flash floods following…
Floods kill 120 in India
Pradipta Mohapatra, Managing Director of Orissa state (India) Disaster Management, said that more than 120 people died in monsoon storms…
Floods kill 52 in India
Indian authorities on Saturday tried to rescue thousands of people stranded in flooded villages after a week of heavy rain…
Rain causes floods in Maiduguri
An early morning downpour in Maiduguri on Saturday flooded many areas and residents found it very difficult to come out…
Nigeria: Floods kill 53, displace over 100,420 people in 11 states
No fewer than 53 people have died in eleven states following flood disasters that displaced more than 100,420 persons this…
Floods kill 53, displace 100,420 people in 11 states
At least 53 people have died in eleven states following flood disasters that displaced more than 100,420 persons this year.…
We’ll Soon Fix Bad Roads —LASG
There has been considerable interest in Lagos roads in recent times. A number of media houses have focused on the…
Floods: Need For Efficient Emergency Services
As floods continue to ravage Nigeria, leaving behind deaths and devastation, many are asking: “where are our emergency services?” In…
Flood kills 11 in Northern Nigeria
Flooding in two areas of northern Nigeria has killed at least 11 people and displaced hundreds, officials and residents said…
Commissioner Unfolds Plans To Combat Lagos Floods
The Lagos State Commissioner for The Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, on Tuesday said his ministry had mapped out plans to…
Lagos Seeks Relief Materials For Flood Victims
The Lagos State Government on Thursday appealed to well meaning Nigerians and private organisations to donate relief materials to Lagos…