Though we had before now sent out warning, people took it for granted and failed to abide by the instructions government issued

The rainfall started around 7am on Thursday 17th August, 2017 and lasted till about 10am the same day. But the flash flooding that submerged a bridge along the road and the vehicle carrying three members of her family as they were passing through caught her unawares.

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to immediately mobilise personnel and resources to come to the aid of the victims of the flooding in Benue State.

 A public health expert, Mr Nurudden Bello, has cautioned Nigerians living in flood prone areas and along river banks to be wary of water borne diseases.

Benue State government is to embark on mass demolition of illegal buildings and structures erected on waterways and floodplains in and around Makurdi town to check a repeat of the flood that submerged over 2,000 houses last Sunday morning.

RESIDENTS of Onasanya Street in Bucknor Area of Jakande Estate, Isolo-Ejigbo, Lagos have cried out to the Lagos State Government to come to their aid as flood and erosion threaten their lives and property.

 Flood-stranded Texans in the Houston area took to social media on Sunday with desperate pleas to be rescued from their homes as Tropical Storm Harvey and its torrential rains slowly lumbered across the region.

Tropical Storm Harvey caused widespread flooding in Houston, America’s fourth largest city, inundating homes and submerging highways on Sunday as residents hunkered down in anticipation of several more days of “unprecedented” rainfall.

Benue Radio Station, Wurukum Market and seven other communities have being submerged following Saturday night heavy downpour in Makurdi.

THE Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation, NAIC, yesterday, assured flood affected farmers with valid documents of claims evidencing their insurance cover of succor.

AGGAH—A STORMINGflood has again overrun the agrarian Aggah community in Egbema, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, Rivers State, constraining the sacked villagers to sleep on tables and slabs at accessible spaces in their swamped dwellings and shops.

Over 100 people in Jajimaji, Karasuwa Local Government Area of Yobe, have been rendered homeless by flood that took over the area after a heavy down pour, newsmen report.

Not less than I50 people were reported dead after a flood ravaged India.

At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said Tuesday, as rescuers scoured submerged villages for the missing.

Two communities in Kogi, Okudigbo and Odochala in Ibaji Local Government have been submerged by flood which also destroyed property.