Tag: Flood
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Flood hits 8 LGAs in Kano state
Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA) says it has dispatched personnel to eight local government areas of the state recently affected by flood to assessing the damage caused by the disaster in the areas. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Ali Bashir, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of…
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Agency raises flood alert, warns Nigerians living by banks of River Niger
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has warned Nigerians living by the banks of River Niger and its floodplains to immediately relocate over possible flooding. The agency gave the warning on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement signed by Mr Clement Nze, the agency’s Director of Engineering Hydrology. Nze named the states likely to be…
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Flood destroyed over 50 houses in Kebbi – Official
More than 50 houses were destroyed in Dakingari town in Suru Local Government area of Kebbi on Monday night by heavy downpour that resulted to flooding. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the late hour rain rendered many people homeless in the town. Alhaji Rabiu Kamba, the Executive Director of the State Emergency Management…
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Breaking: Monsoon floods claim 39 lives
Floods in India’s Southern State of Kerala have claimed 39 lives and caused a loss of 1.1 billion dollars, officials said on Monday. This is as the region braces for more rains during one of its worst monsoon seasons in a century. As many as 33,372 people evacuated from villages in low-lying areas were housed…
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Photos: Osinbajo, Adeosun, others inspect Abeokuta flood
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has arrived Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for the on-the-spot assessment of last week Friday’s flood in which no fewer than eleven lives were lost and property worth millions of naira destroyed. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun who was recently embroiled in NYSC certificate scandal and has been…
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Death toll rises to 90 as landslides, floods engulf Nepal
Five people were killed in Nepal on Wednesday by landslides and flooding brought on by monsoon rains, bringing the death toll to 90 across the country. “A woman and her two children, one of them an infant, were killed when a landslide struck their home in a village in north-central Nepal’s Gorkha district,’’ local Police…
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Buhari mourns, pledges support as death toll in Katsina flood rises to 44
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, expressed his sadness and concern about the devastation caused by floods in his home state, Katsina, and other parts of the country. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President pledged the Federal Government’s support for the victims of the disaster. Buhari…
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Eight bodies recovered after Niger flood
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency says eight corpses have so far been recovered following a downpour in Rafi-Gora village and Gangare Saji in Kontagora Local Government Area of the state. The Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday. Inga said that…
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Flood scare: Edo govt. assures of timely waste evacuation
The Edo State government has urged residents in the state to clear gutters and embrace best practice in disposing their wastes as the raining season sets in. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said the early rains, though good for agricultural activities, “could impact on the physical environment…
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Delta Govt. to commence more flood control projects in Asaba
The Delta Government says it is to embark on more storm water control projects in order to check incessant flooding in Asaba, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, disclosed this at a meeting with engineers of the ministry in the 25 local government areas of the state on Thursday in…