Thoughts on the torrential rainfall and flooding in Lagos Almost every year in July, sometime within the first week, weekend, or second week, Lagos experiences torrential rainfall. I know this because I have observed it over the years. I had…
Relocate now, Ogun urges residents in flood-prone areas
The Ogun State government has alerted residents living in flood-prone areas to consider relocating to safer ground or creating higher elevations within their residences as the rainy season begins. The state Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, disclosed this during a…
Central Congo floods kill at least 22 people, local official says
Flooding triggered by heavy rains in central Congo killed at least 22 people, including 10 from the same family, a local official said Tuesday. The hourslong rainfall in the district of Kananga in Kasai Central province destroyed many houses and…
Beijing area floods kill 20 as Doksuri brings extreme rainfall event
At least 20 people have died in the Chinese capital Beijing and the neighbouring province of Hebei after unusually heavy rainfall, officials reported on Tuesday. Chinese state media reported at least 11 deaths in Beijing on Tuesday and nine more…
7 killed, 23 injured in Thailand school roof collapse
Thai Government on Tuesday said seven people were killed and 23 others injured after a school sports arena collapsed in northern Thailand. According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the accident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. local…
Italy floods leave 9 dead and force 13,000 from their homes
More than 20 rivers have burst their banks in Italy, leaving nine people dead and forcing 13,000 from their homes after six months’ rainfall fell in a day and a half. Almost every river flooded between the north-east coast at…
Cyclone Freddy: Winds and rain lash Mozambique as storm nears
Mozambique is being lashed by rain, powerful winds and flooding as Cyclone Freddy is about to make landfall for the second time in a month. The southern African nation has received more than a year’s worth of rainfall in the…
Storms bring mudslides, evacuations to California
The latest Pacific storm unleashed torrential downpours and damaging winds in California, knocking out power and turning city streets into rivers as mudslides cut off highways and entire communities faced evacuation orders. More than 33 million Californians were threatened by…
Rainfall: Lagos building sinks, 9 escape death
Nine yet-to-be-identified ladies who were trapped when a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk due to torrential rainfall, were rescued on Monday. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye,…
Historic rainfall turns Seoul’s roads into rivers and leaves 8 dead
Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea’s capital region, turning Seoul’s streets into car-clogged rivers and sending floods cascading into subway stations. At least eight people were killed — some by drowning in their homes — and…