Tag:natural disasters

Disaster Risk Management

Natural disasters cause $131bn damage in first half of 2025

Natural disasters such as wildfires, storms, and earthquakes had caused $131 billion of damage worldwide in the first half of 2025. This is the second-highest...

Michael Simire - July 29, 2025

Climate Change

Recent natural disasters have been most impactful stretch of extreme weather in America in 90 years – AccuWeather

Experts at AccuWeather say extreme weather events and disasters in the past 12 months have had the costliest and most widespread impacts that Americans...

Michael Simire - January 19, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Chamber charges govt on innovation against natural disasters in 2023

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to deploy innovative measures to tackle natural disasters like...

Michael Simire - January 10, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

Flooding: NASRDA provides data on natural disasters

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) says it has been availing relevant agencies of government with data on natural disasters including flooding. Dr...

Michael Simire - October 10, 2022

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NewsApril 16, 2026

Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, says the country has intensified efforts to...

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