Thirty people missing as deadly floods hit Germany, collapsing houses
Six houses collapsed in western Germany due to flooding and ongoing rain overnight, leaving about 30 people missing Thursday morning, police said. The catastrophe was unfolding in the rural Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate state, where police said four people had been found dead in the district of Ahrweiler. The entire district was heavily impacted by […]
Flood sacks Anambra communities as philanthropist demands urgent action
By Victor Ajihromanus Over 20000 residents of communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, barely 10 kilometers from the bank of River Niger, are facing imminent extermination if nothing urgent is done owing to flooding. They have lost their homesteads, farmland, dear ones, agricultural products etc following regular flood upsurge from the river […]
Reps member, Olododo says bastardisations of masterplans responsible for flood
National Assembly to take strategic decisions this week By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Economic and Planning, Hon. Abdulganiyu Saka Cook Olododo has said that Nigerians lukewarm attitude to tree planting and bastardisations of Masterplan at local, state, and federal government levels are largely responsible for the crisis of flooding […]
Heavy rain submerge farmlands, destroy valuables in Taraba
By Femi Bolaji – Jalingo Residents of Akwana community in Wukari local government areas of Taraba state Tuesday morning woke up to a heavy downpour which left residents stranded. The rainfall which lasted for hours overran various farmlands and destroyed houses in the community. Councilor of Akwana, Tsokwa Nwunuji who spoke to Vanguard via telephone, […]
Buhari sympathises with Jigawa flood victims
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy for the victims of the Hadejia floods Which destroyed over 100,000 hectares of rice farms in Jigawa State. President Buhari decried the tragedy that also claimed lives, lamenting that “this level of destruction as a result of a natural disaster is unprecedented and devastating.” […]
Four persons drown while fleeing from flood in Delta
By Festus Ahon – Asaba Residents of Omeligboma camp in Oko community, Oshimili South Local Government Area, Delta State, lamented the drowning of four persons who were trying to escape from the area to avoid being submerged by the ravaging flood. A dependable source said the boat in which the yet to be identified victims […]
Flood: FG to build walls round River Kaduna
…sympathises with flood victims By Ibrahim Hassan The Federal Government has said help was on the way for flood victims in Kaduna, following plans to build flood walls around River Kaduna to protect the people and their properties. The Acting Director, National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Dr. Martin Edufie, who disclosed this yesterday, regretted that […]
FG sympathizes with Kaduna flood victims
…To build wall round river Kaduna By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Acting Director, National Water Resources Institute Kaduna, Dr. Martin Edufie has said that succour is on the way for flood victims in Kaduna following Federal Government’s plan to build flood walls around River Kaduna to protect the people and their properties. He regretted that Kaduna has […]
VIDEO: Aftermath Saturday downpour, flood submerges Lagos
Floodwaters have taken over some parts of Lagos state after a mild downpour on Saturday. Some of the areas affected are known to battle floodwaters each time it rains in Lagos. Residents of Ikate, Lekki area of Lagos are currently battling floodwaters as road network have been submerged by flood. Also read: Lagos APC […]
FG set to address flooding as HYPPADEC takes off soon
The Federal Government is set to ensure the take-off of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) with a view to addressing the perennial flooding in the country. Dr Umar Jibrilu-Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, disclosed this in a statement […]
We’re dying of hunger, flood victims cry out
…Flood has washed away our clothes stripping us naked …I lost my 3 children to flood in one day—Distraught father …We lost 50,000 farms to flood —Kebbi Rice Farmers Secretary …Govs Bagudu, Abdulrasaq beg Buhari for help In January this year, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) released the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) and as it […]
