Tag: Flooding

Rainfall: NEMA warns of flooding in 121 LGAs

Aminu Imam

Says plane crashes, collapse of bridges likely The National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) has issued an early warning alert on likely floods in several local government areas in Nigeria. The Director-General of NEMA, Ahmed Habib disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, at the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook released by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, (NIHSA). The prediction, according to the agency, is due to the volume of rainfall witnessed in some parts of the country and how the runways are constructed. The agency also said the above-normal rainfall could lead to…

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28 States at risk of severe flooding, Minister warns

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Water Resources, has said the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook shows that 28 States in the country are at risk of severe flooding. Adamu disclosed this yesterday, at the public presentation of the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook, (AFO), of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, (NIHSA), in Abuja. According to him, the States are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, FCT, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara. In summary, the 2021 AFO forecast…

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Flood: Four killed, 5,200 houses destroyed in Kano Official

Ishaku Yohanna

The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed four persons killed and over 5,200 houses destroyed due to flooding in Rogo and Danbatta Local Government Areas of the state. Sale Jili, Executive Secretary of the Agency, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kano. NAN reports that the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted flooding occasioned by heavy rainfall in 20 Local Government Areas of the state. Mr Jili disclosed that two persons lost their lives and 200 houses destroyed…

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Flooding alert lists FCT, Lagos, Rivers, others as high risk areas from Sept 6

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has predicted that heavy flood might hit the Federal Capital Territory, Rivers state, Bayelsa, and others beginning from September 6. Disclosing this to newsmen, the  Director-General of NIHSA, Clement Nze, said the Middle Niger of the River Niger Basin is currently flooded and the magnitude of flood from that area is expected to arrive in Nigeria through Kebbi State from September 6, 2020.  He said parts of 275 local government areas in the 36 states of the federation, including Abuja, were within the moderately probable flood…

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Borno State Government provides 160,000 buffer sacks to address perennial flooding in Mobbar

Ishaku Yohanna

By Adamu Aliyu Ngulde, Maiduguri Borno state Government has assured its readiness to address the reoccurring perennial flooding in Mobbar local government area by providing empty sacks to serve as buffer in curtailing impending flooding during the raining season. Borno state Commissioner of Agriculture, Engr. Bukar Talba, who represented Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, gave the assurance while inspecting some flood prone areas in Mobbar the Headquarters of Damasak local government area. Speaking at the occasion, the Secretary of Mobbar Local Government, Mamman Aji expressed satisfaction with the arrangement order and…

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