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

INSURED victims of floods that ravaged some parts of Lagos State recently are already filing their claims, even as insurance companies paid N168.44 million claims on flood mishaps in 2015. 

DETERMINED to address the perennial flooding problem in the state, Delta State Government has deployed swamp buggies and other heavy duty equipment to the Asaba capital territory  to clear blocked natural water canals and drainages.

WORRIED by the havoc flood was causing in parts of Delta State, the state government has, again, warned those leaving in flood-prone areas to move to higher and safer grounds.

Flood has wrecked havoc in over 30 communities in Ughelli North and Ughelli South Local Government areas of Delta State, destroying property and farmlands worth millions of naira.

Heavy rains, combined with poor drainage systems and blocked waterways, cause rainwater to flow through commercial and residential dwellings

Floods have destroyed many property and rendered thousands homeless in Benue and Katsina States, newsmen, report.

The Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, Asaba, branch has sought partnership with the Delta State Government towards mitigating the ugly challenge of flooding in Asaba, the Delta State Capital.

DELTA State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to include the state in the ecological funds to enable it adequately tackle the perennial flooding being experienced in over 15 local government areas of the State.

o fewer than 22 persons, including a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, have been killed and five others missing in different flood disasters across Gombe State this year, the state’s Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, has said.