Flooding

The Libyan capital Tripoli was hit by heavy rains on Sunday morning, leading to flooding of main roads and disruption of schools. The Tripoli Security Directorate announced that it was taking over the towing of cars that broke down due…

Nigerian Government at all levels have been called upon to collaborate with stakeholders to build infrastructures needed to regulate and manage floods and to provide the needed support to floods victims. The Executive Director, African…

The Government of Switzerland is committing over seven-hundred US dollars in aid to the Nigerian Government as humanitarian response to flood victims. The move was in response to an emergency appeal by the International…

A Civil Group, known as Chris Igbokwe Foundation (CIF), has appealed to well-meaning Nigerians, multi-national companies and corporate bodies to come to the rescue of communities ravaged by the recent flood in some…

Nigerian government has confirmed that water released from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon was never responsible for the devastating floods in many parts of Nigeria. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, who confirmed this said…

About five million (5,000,000) people in 19 countries across West and Central Africa have been hit by above-average and devastating flooding, claiming hundreds of lives, upending livelihoods, displacing tens of…

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has sent food items to flood victims in Awka North Local Government Area as part of efforts aimed at cushioning the effect of floods ravaging some parts of the state. (Most communities in…

The International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP) has said that it will commence dry season farming in the country’s worst affected nine states in Nigeria – Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Niger,…

Thirteen communities in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, have been hit by a deluge, rendering over 300 families homeless. The flooding which occurs yearly has inflicted much…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advocated urgent action by all stakeholders, states and local government to avert the impact of the current flood disasters that are ravaging…