•Aerial view of houses submerged in flood The federal government, through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), has advised Nigerians living around river banks along the River Benue Basin to quickly move to safer grounds. In a statement today, NIHSA Director General, Umar Mohammed, warned that water on the River Benue has reached t...
•Babagana Zulum Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said he is worried that some Boko Haram leaders serving jail terms might have escaped from the correctional centre in the state following a flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri, the state capital. It was earlier reported how flood claimed lives and destroyed properties ...
Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left nearly 50,000 […]
•Flooding The federal government has predicted that 94 towns are at risk of a five-day flooding beginning yesterday, Tuesday, July 16, and ending on July 20, 2024. The Minister of State of Environment, Dr. Iziaq Salako, disclosed this to our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. Salako said the identified locations and their environs wou...
•Flood The federal government has warned that the increasing level of flooding and continuous rainfall may worsen the spread of cholera in the country. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof Joseph Terlumum stated this while addressing a press conference today. According to him, a total of 63 deaths and 2,102 suspected cases have...
At least 15 people have died in Kenya as floods swept away scores of houses and devastated farmland following torrential rains, the Red Cross said today. Heavy rainfall has pounded the country, particularly the bone-dry north, in recent days, and sent water gushing into homes and submerging roads, with similar scenes playing out across other [...
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