Tag:Flood

Disaster Risk Management

Flood ravages 225 communities across Kano, Jigawa – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that flood affected 225 communities following heavy and prolong downpour across 31 local government areas of...

Michael Simire - August 21, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Death toll rises to 18 in northwest China flood

The death toll from a mountain torrent disaster triggered by heavy rain in northwest China’s Qinghai Province has risen to 18 as of 5...

Michael Simire - August 19, 2022

Climate Change

Halima Imam: What we must do about floods and wildfires

Reservoirs, and rivers, in their thousands are disappearing on a global scale, glaciers keep melting and sea levels rise, many countries of the world...

Michael Simire - August 16, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Flood, windstorm damage 6,417 houses, N541.6m property in Kano – SEMA

Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed 6,417 houses and properties worth N541.6 million destroyed by flood/windstorm in 10 Local Government Areas of...

Michael Simire - August 9, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Flood cuts off Gulani LGA from Yobe – Gov. Buni

Yobe’s Gov. Mai Mala Buni said on Monday, July 18, 2022, in Damaturu that floods, resulting from days of torrential rains, have cut off...

Michael Simire - July 18, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Flood destroys 100 houses, farmlands in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) says no fewer than 100 houses and several farmlands have been destroyed by devastating floods in the...

Michael Simire - July 17, 2022

Cover

Africa’s glaciers to melt, millions of poor face drought, floods – UN

Africa’s fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could...

Michael Simire - October 20, 2021

Disaster Risk Management