Tag:Floods

Disaster Risk Management

Philippines floods, landslides leave 42 dead, dozens missing

Philippine search and rescue teams pulled bodies from water and thick mud on Friday, October 28, 2022, bringing the death toll from flooding, landslides...

Michael Simire - October 28, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Human, physical factors largely responsible for floods in North-East – Experts

Perennial flooding is one of the most prevalent natural disasters in Nigeria, as more states in the North-East experienced devastating floods during the rainy...

Michael Simire - October 25, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Over 31,000 households affected by floods in Yobe – SEMA

Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says over 31,000 households were affected by floods in 255 communities across 17 Local Government Areas. Dr Mohammed Goje,...

Michael Simire - October 5, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Floods devastate 200 households in Makurdi

Floods have devastated more than 200 households in Makurdi. Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Emmanuel Shior, made the declaration in Makurdi...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2022

Climate Change

Floods, droughts, heatwaves, extreme storms, wildfires going from bad to worse – Guterres

The number of weather, climate and water-related disasters has increased by a factor of five over the past 50 years. Floods, droughts, heatwaves, extreme storms...

Michael Simire - September 13, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

1,400 die, 12,000 injure from monsoon rains in Pakistan

The total death toll in Pakistan from this season’s monsoon rains and floods since mid-June has risen to around 1,427. Also, 12,742 people were injured,...

Michael Simire - September 13, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

UN chief calls for global response to catastrophic floods in Pakistan

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Friday, September 9, 2022, urged the world to rally in support of Pakistan as he arrived in the country...

Michael Simire - September 9, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Pakistan struggles to avert danger as floods rise

Pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country’s biggest lake bursting its banks and inundating nearby towns after unprecedented flooding. The Pakistan’s National Disaster Management...

Michael Simire - September 5, 2022

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