The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised people living on flood-prone communities to start relocating. Last month, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency had categorised 148 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Lagos, Kano, Delta, and 30 other states as high flood-risk areas. According to the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, “the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook shows …

Flooding and lightning strikes in Yemen have killed eight civilians, underscoring the threat of extreme weather in the war-ravaged country. The lightning strikes occurred on Friday in the Al-Layha and Al-Zahra districts of Hodeida governorate on the Red Sea coast, said Hamza Saied, a doctor at the hospital in Al-Layha. “Six women and a man were killed, and three others …

The Managing Director of Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa has said that the dredging of River Niger, River Benue, and River Kaduna to check perennial flooding in affected areas will cost over $20 billion. He stated this on Thursday at the 2023 stakeholders meeting on flood mitigation and other related issues held in Ilorin, the …

While expressing concerns for victims of the devastating flood across the country, Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) has admonished the Nigerian government to be alive to its responsibility to protect its citizens. The society said that the government should develop and implement a National Flooding Mitigation and Response Master Plan. In a statement by its Interim National President, Victor Imevbore, the NES …

Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has urged on the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the Delta State Emergency Management Agency, as well as other relevant agencies to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to affected flood victims in Delta State and other parts of the country. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the …

No fewer than five people have been confirmed dead after last Thursday’s heavy downpour in Ilorin, Kwara State while property worth millions of naira were also lost to the flood. It was gathered that two human bodies and a Toyota Yaris car with registration number APP 544 E were removed from a river opposite Olusola Saraki abattoir, along Sobi Road …