“When I left for work on Monday, I could still get through the water-logged street with my car. By the afternoon, the army was rescuing people with a truck,” says Porto Alegre resident Magda Moura. That was the day that the floods which have devastated parts of southern Brazil cut off the building she lived […]
By Tunde Opalana, Haruna Salami Nigerians have alerted to brace up for worse devastating floods across the country next year. This is coming even as several hundred thousands of the citizenry displaced from their residents are currently putting up in internally displaced settlements with properties worth billions of naira destroyed and many lives lost as […]
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has appealed to authorities in various states to brace for more floods. NIHSA Director-General, Clement Nze, who gave the alert in a statement on Friday in Abuja asked the states to take necessary measures to prevent the ugly flooding menace of the past years. Nigeria, […]
At least 23 people have died and 70 were injured on Friday in floods caused by heavy rainstorms in eastern Congo, officials have said. Kiza Muhato, mayor of the city of Uvira, told dpa that at least 23 people, including five children, had been killed in the Mulonge district of the city. “The material damage […]
The European Environment Agency (EEA) on Monday warned of increasing floods, droughts and forest fires across the continent over the coming decades, stressing the need for countries to adapt. Efforts to limit climate change could help avert the worst impact, the EEA said. READ ALSO: Gender equality key to poverty eradication, Guterres tells African leaders […]
More residents of Lokoja, Koton and some adjoining communities have been sacked from their houses by ravaging floods from River Niger. A NAN Correspondent, who visited some of the affected areas in Lokoja and Koton Karfe on Wednesday, reports that the worst hit were the people living on river bank and flood paths. Residents were […]
No fewer than 15,000 persons have been rendered homeless as flood wreaked havoc in Benue communities last weekend. Then, on Wednesday, 30 August, Makurdi, the state capital, was again flooded after a five-hour downpour. The downpour, which started around 12.24am, lasted till 5am, rendered thousands of residents homeless, and destroyed lots of properties. The areas […]