By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Yobe State Government on Monday said flood, resulting from days of torrential rains have cut off Gulani Local Government Area from other parts of the state. Governor Mai Mala Buni disclosed this in a statement issued in Damaturu by his Director-General, Press and Media...
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The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) says no fewer than 100 houses and several farmlands have been destroyed by devastating floods in the Darazo Local Government Area of the state. The Acting Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Bala Lame, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the flooding that occurred in Lagos last weekend claimed seven lives. Zonal Coordinator, South West, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. “The post-emergency phase assessment after the unprecedented rainfall of Friday,...
A car was almost swallowed by flood in Agege area of Lagos today July 9, amid a heavy downpour. Twitter user @zhurg_ who shared a video from the scene, wrote; Flood swept people away at Agege today. Oko Oba area. Tragedy everyday in this country.
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State has confirmed that the Bauchi-Gombe Federal Highway in Kirfi LGA of the state has been cut off following a flood that accompanied a heavy rainfall. The Sector Commander of FRSC , Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed...
Some traders at the Relief Market in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra are counting their losses as flood occasioned by heavy rainfall, washed away shops, electric poles and cables in the market. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the market, Mr David Obidike, disclosed this during a tour of...
The death toll from South Africa’s “unprecedented” floods climbed to 341 on Thursday as helicopters fanned out across the southeastern city of Durban in an increasingly desperate search for survivors. With roads and bridges washed away by freak rainfall this week, rescuers battled to deliver supplies across the city,...
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at least 24 people in Quito, inundating homes, swamping cars, and sweeping away athletes and spectators on a sports field, officials said Tuesday. A dozen people are missing and 48 injured, Ecuador’s SNGRE emergency service said on Twitter....
Three people were killed and nearly 30,000 displaced after flash floods hit Indonesia’s Aceh province, an official said on Thursday. More than 11,000 homes were submerged by the floods that followed heavy rain in North Aceh district on Monday, said Abdul Muhari, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency....