Flood submerges 50 houses, properties in Niger
No fewer than 50 houses and properties worth millions of Naira have been submerged and destroyed by flood in Gallah ward of Agwara Local Government Area of Niger. The Member Representing Borgu-Agwara Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Alhaji Jafaru Mohammedi, made this known on Thursday after commiserating with the flood victims. Mohammedi, who was […]
Flood wrecks houses, submerges farmlands in Nasarawa
A thunderstorm that lasted many hours in Nasarawa State has left several houses destroyed with farmlands submerged in some villages.
20 Kano LGAs prone to flooding — NEMA
Wants law to punish defaulters of indiscriminate waste disposal By Bashir Bello – Kano The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said that Twenty out of Forty-Four local government areas of Kano State is prone to the risk of flooding in the 2020 seasonal rainfall. This was as it calls for the law to punish […]
Eleven from one family drown in flash flood in Panama
Eleven people from one family died Sunday in Panama when their home was swept away in a flash flood as they slept, officials said. Nine of them were minors, said Carlos Rumbo, head of the national civil protection service. Two other people are missing in the sudden rise of the Bejuco River in Veraguas province […]
How man lost four children in Katsina downpour
By Andy Asemota Indication has emerged that at least four children of the Ward Head of Jiqada, Mani Local Government Area, Katsina State, drowned in this week’s heavy downpour that over flooded the stream in the community. VANGUARD gathered that when the former speaker of the State House of Assembly and member representing the Mani […]
Flood: Gwagwalada residents call for demolition of houses on waterways
Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday called on the government to demolish houses built on waterways in the council to avoid perennial flooding. The concerned resident made the call as a result of last Friday’s downpour that resulted in flooding leading to destruction of property and loss of lives. […]
