At least 18 people have died as massive floods ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday. In India’s Assam state, at least nine people were killed in the floods and…
Buhari reviews flood situation in 32 states, asks for better coordination with FG
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is constantly monitoring the flood situation in the country and will ensure that all possible help is extended to victims. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba…
Lagos is underwater, as many trapped
There has been water everywhere across a great expanse of Lagos State all of Friday largely due to the sustained rainfall during most of the day. A video shows a part of Lagos Island with cars in the parking space…
Ketu Ijanikin residents cry out over bad roads (Independent)
The flood in certain parts of Lagos State is fast increasing the spate of suffering for residents as many people could no longer go out of their residence or return without adopting some difficult measures to navigate out of the…
*Six killed as flood submerges Lagos communities (Punch) *Lagos plans canal lining to control flooding (Nation)
Six killed as flood submerges Lagos communities (Punch) The recent release of water from the Oyan Dam in Abeokuta has plunged residents of some communities in Lagos into untold hardship as their houses, shops and places of worship have been…
Flood sweeps away 400-level AAUA student in Ondo (ThisDay)
A final year student of Religious Studies Department at Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko (AAUA) was on Monday swept away by flood resulting from several hours of torrential rain. As at the time of filling this report, the search…
Three killed, two others injured as flood ravages Plateau community (Punch)
Three persons were killed, and two others injured as flood ravaged some part of Zinaria community of Jos North local government area, Plateau State. The flood also pulled down nine houses, rendering the occupants homeless. Sani Bello, a relative of…
Flood destroys 50 houses, displaces 200 persons in Jigawa (Guardian)
Flood has destroyed more than 50 houses and displaced over 200 persons in Yalleman and Dakayyawa towns in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa. The Information Officer for the council, Alhaji Fahad Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Ibiza streets full of poop, dead rats after sewage system flood (NYPost)
Tourists in Ibiza have woken up to streets filled with poop, dead rats and sanitary towels after huge storms flooded the sewage system. Tourists on the party island faced roads covered in faeces and a bad smell lingering in the…
