Two drown as flood sacks over 30 Rivers communities
PORT-HARCOURT—NO fewer than two people have been reported killed as flood waters have sacked over 30 communities in Ahoada West Local Government Area, AWELGA, of Rivers State.
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FLOOD: Death toll hits 242
IN SPITE of palliative measures, death toll from rampaging flood across the country has risen to 242, according to Vanguard checks and information from government officials.
Read More Flood: Monarch wants FG to include Jigawa among worst hit states
Alhaji Umar Baffa, paramount ruler of Auyo Local Government in Hadejia Emirate, Jigawa, has called on the Federal Government to include Jigawa among the states that were recently devastated with flood.
Read More Flood overruns more Delta riverine communities, victims sleep in canoes
RESIDENTS rendered homeless by raging flood, which submerged over 20 riverine communities in Bomadi, Burutu and Ughelli South Local Government Areas in Delta State, freshly, were reportedly passing the night in their canoes under bad weather conditions.
Read More Niger: How government exposed us to disaster — Victims
Almost on daily basis, torrential rainfall, leading to severe flooding, loss of lives and property, continue to overwhelm Niger State.
Read More Lamentations as flood hits 400 communities, 44 dead
Many communities on the flood plains in Kogi/Kotonkarfe, Ibaji, Lokoja, Ajaokuta and Bassa, among others, have been submerged by flood in the past few days. In Kogi/Kotonkarfe alone, over 64 communities were said to have been submerged.
Read More Delta: Floodwater rising
IT was a pathetic situation, last Wednesday, as Governor Ifeanyi Okowa undertook a tour of some communities submerged by flood in Oshimili South local government area of Delta State.
Read More Rivers: Two camps ready for 67,000 potential IDPs
It is understandable that as one of the high risk states listed to experience looming destructive flooding this year, Rivers State was quick to identify five local governments areas, including Ahoada West, Ahoada East, Ogba/Egbama/Ndoni and Abua, among the flash points.
Read More Edo: Why they did not heed flood alert
Torrential rains across Edo State have resulted in flooding that rendered hundreds homeless in 35 communities in Edo Central and Edo North. Most of the affected communities are those in the bank of River Niger.
Read More Taraba: Forget ancestral lands, run for dear lives
A survey in Taraba State revealed that nine of the 16 local government areas are at risk of flooding.
Read More Benue: ‘We were unprepared’
Parts of Makurdi town, Benue State capital have come under flood water with over 90 houses and business outlets submerged at the Nyongu community, Rice Mill area of the town.
Read More Flood: Monarch weeps as town go under water
The District Head of Auyo in Jigawa, Alhaji Umar Baffa, wept openly on Saturday over the devastation caused by flood in Auyo town and other villages in the district.
Read More Flood: NSCDC to collaborate with stakeholder to assist victims in Delta
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) in Delta has said that it will collaborate with stakeholders to assist flood disaster victims in the state.
Read More Flood ravages communities in the north
This year‘s rainy season has brought tears and sorrows for many communities in the northern part of the country as they were ravaged by flood which accompanied the rains.
Read More No thanks to flooding; LG Chairman commutes to work by canoe
Despite that he was born and raised in Atani , a community along the River Niger and headquarters of Ogbaru LGA of Anambra state and is very familiar with the big River having swam, fished and played in it as a kid, Comrade Arinzechukwu Awogu, Transition C ommittee Chairman did not reckon that one day in his life time, he would have to commute to work paddling a canoe.
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