Heavy rains lashing East Africa have caused widespread flooding and landslides, with Tanzania bearing the brunt of the disaster. The country’s Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, announced...
In this second of a three-part series, ARINZE CHIJIOKE reports on the devastating impacts of the 2022 flooding in Delta State. Ebimode Ebowm was in his...
The Federal Government warned on Monday that the opening of the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon may cause flooding in all frontline states along the path of...
The Niger Republic government on Saturday confirmed 27 dead in a flooding caused by heavy rains in the troubled West African country. The humanitarian action ministry...
The Ogun State Government has alerted communities between Lagos and Ogun States to relocate to avoid flood disasters. The state’s Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, who...
At least two people have been confirmed killed, nine missing and over 46,000 displaced following Christmas Day floods in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao, the...
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHOA), has disclosed that more than 4.4 million Nigerians have been affected by floods since July...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, has issued a scathing criticism at the Federal Government over its seeming indifference to the plight of affected communities...
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SOMETHINGS are better said in your mother tongue. A second language, no matter how you are adept at it, may never really convey the core of...
The Federal Government has clarified widespread reports about an agreement with Cameroon of the construction of a dam in order to control the flow of water...
The Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Onyekachi Ibezim, has revealed that over one-third of the landmass in the state has been destroyed by floods, while more...
The Australian government, on Wednesday, warned its citizens to desist from travelling to Nigeria over the recent flooding and insecurity plaguing some parts of the country....
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has disclosed that over 500 Nigerians have been killed in flood related incidents across the country...
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has weighed into the discourse of climate disasters ravaging some parts of the country at the moment. Many states...
A devastating flood after days of torrential downpours in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has destroyed over 200 households while more than 3,000 residents have been...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that uncontrollable floods have destroyed about 1,750 hectares of farmland and displaced 183 households in the Numan Local...
A report on Sunday by the Pakistani National Disaster Management Authority states that over 550 have been killed in flash floods caused by “abnormally heavy monsoon...
The Lagos State government has apologised to the people over the the devastating floods which ravaged major parts of the state at the weekend. The Special...
Not less than 30,000 residents of Australia’s largest city, Sydney, have been rendered homeless and told to evacuate as heavy rains have led to the city’s...
The United Nations said on Saturday at least 7.7 million are facing severe food crisis and in need of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. In a...
Governor Mai Mala-Buni of Yobe has directed the immediate relocation of downstream communities to safer grounds to avert perennial flooding occasioned by the rainfall. Mala-Buni also...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday floods and insecurity in different parts of the country have undermined local food production in the country. The President, according...
The death toll in Germany from the worst flooding in over 200 years rose to at least 21 as dozens of people are still missing, police...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has warned against impending floods in 2021 and advised residents of riverine areas to relocate. The Director-General of the agency, Clement...
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has informed that close to one million people have been displaced in South Sudan due to...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday appointed a committee that would respond proactively to the year 2020 impending floods. The Director-General, NEMA, Air Vice...
Scores have been forced out of their homes in Michigan’s Midland County on Tuesday after two dams collapsed from heavy rainfall, causing extreme floodings. Speaking in...
Rescue operatives in Chemoe on the border of Baringo North and Tiaty sub-counties in Kenya are having a tough time rescuing survivors after floods and landslides...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) said on Monday night that five states in the country should be on “Red Alert” of imminent flooding. The Director-General...
At least 40 villages have been sacked by floods in Adamawa. The Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Dr Muhammad Sulaiman, confirmed this on...
Rescue operations continue at the Hell’s Gate National Park in Kenya after six tourists were feared drowned when flash flood swept away their boat on Sunday....
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been hit by flash floods which caused a river to burst its banks in the south of the country,...
Rescue officials in China say about 100 have been wiped out by flash floods which also destroyed crops planted on more than 1.5 million hectares of...
The federal government has warned that expected heavy rains, and the impending release of excess water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon in the months to come...
