Tag: Flood
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Maiduguri flood: Situation still terrible – SEMA
Mr Barkindo Mohammed, the Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has described the situation in flooded Maiduguri town as “terrible.” Water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, has continued to submerge various wards in the town while thousands of displaced residents are scouting for safer places.
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Speaker Abbas laments over Maiduguri flood, calls for immediate action
The Speaker of the House of Representatives. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has lamented the flood that ravaged Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, between Monday and Tuesday. Flood took over most parts of Maiduguri following a downpour that led to the collapse of the Alao Dam. The palace of the Shehu of Borno, among other key places,…
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Floods hit Maiduguri zoo, animals suddenly break free
Residents around Sanda Kyarimi Zoo in Maiduguri, Borno State, trying to escape flooding are now thrown into confusion as some animals in the zoo have started coming out. According to reports, an Ostrich and a crocodile have already escaped as the flood rages on, raising fears that others like elephant
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Flood: Borno govt closes schools for 2 weeks
The Borno State Government has announced the closure of all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state for two weeks due to floods that had displaced many residents.
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Maiduguri flooded as Alau dam breaks down
Residents of Maiduguri in Borno are on high alert as flood has submerged many homes following the alleged breakdown of Alau Dam that has been filled to capacity for the past one week.
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How flood destroyed N7.8bn properties in Bauchi – SEMA
The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that more than N7.81 billion farmlands and properties were destroyed to flooding in 16 local government areas of the State.
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Flood kills 20, displaces 2,000 in Yobe
Twenty persons have died as a result of devastating floods that ravaged Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, its Chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim, has said. Ibrahim disclosed on Friday in Gashua that most of the deceased were people trapped under the debris of collapsed mud houses.
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BREAKING: Fear heightens as Alau Dam over flows bank
Residents along the banks of River Yedzaram in Maiduguri, Borno State are apprehensive as the river has overflown its bank. Also disturbing to the residents is the report that Alau Dam now filled to capacity will be opened to discharge the excess water into the river any moment.
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Houses, hectares of farmland destroyed as flood wreaks havoc in Gombe, Yobe
The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said that 2,517 houses and shops were either completely or partially destroyed by flood which ravaged 33 communities in the State. Mr Ibrahim Nalado, the Deputy Director, Relief and Rehabilitation of the agency, disclosed this in an interview on Saturday in Gombe.
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BREAKING: Houses destroyed, 7 declared missing as flood wreaks havoc in Minna
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said that at least seven persons were declared missing in Magma and Mashegu Local Government Areas (LGAs), following Friday’s heavy flooding.