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Climate Change

NiMet predicts three-day flash flood across the nation

The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted three days of flash flood occurrences across the country from Tuesday, August 24 to Thursday, August 26,...
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Disaster Risk Management

Environmentalist urges states emergency agencies to identify flood prone communities

An environmentalist, Ms Gloria Bulus, has urged states emergency management agencies to identify communities that will be worst hit by the predicted floods to...
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Disaster Risk Management

Dozens feared dead in eastern Afghanistan village after heavy flooding

Dozens are feared dead after a flash flood hit a village in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nuristan, officials said on Thursday, July 29, 2021. According...
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Cover

Rail stations, roads submerged in massive China flooding

Unusually heavy rains and massive flooding have hit China’s Henan province, bursting the banks of rivers, overwhelming the public transport system and upending lives...
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Disaster Risk Management

At least 118 dead in Europe floods as search-and-rescue operations continue

Not more than 118 people have died in the devastating floods that have engulfed parts of Europe, while the search continues for those still missing...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flood wreaks havoc in Ekiti, scores displaced, properties destroyed

Floods following a torrential rainfall in the night of Wednesday, July 14, 2021 displaced some residents of Ado Ekiti, in Ekiti State, from their...
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Water & Sanitation

Borno clears Maiduguri drains, waste to curb flooding

The Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) has embarked on drain and waste clearance exercise in Maiduguri to control perennial flooding in the area. General...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flood: NEMA releases disaster management report, harps on early action

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday, July 1 released its 2021 Disaster Risk Management Implications Report (DRM) to guide effective and timely...
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