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Nigeria: Nigeria's Floods Are the Worst in a Decade. Here's How People Try to Cope With the Devastation
The Conversation Africa, 20 October 2022
Flooding is not unusual in Nigeria's massive, population-dense cities. But this year's floods are reportedly the country's worst in a decade. They've killed more than 600 people,… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. Provides U.S.$1 Million Support for Flood Victims in Nigeria
Premium Times, 20 October 2022
The support fund will allow local partners on the ground to provide emergency shelter assistance, relief commodities, and so on to flood victims. Read more »
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The Conversation Africa, 19 October 2022
Nigerians are no strangers to flooding. In some parts of the country, flooding is an annual event. But the intensity varies from one year to the next. In some years, the effects… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerian Floods Kill More Than 600, Slows Shipments of Essentials
VOA, 18 October 2022
The death toll from heavy flooding in Nigeria has now surpassed 600, with more than 1 million people displaced from their homes. The flooding has covered farms and roads and slowed… Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood Death Toll Hits 603, 2.5 Million People Affected - Federal Government
Daily Trust, 17 October 2022
Food scarcity looms, experts warn Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Floods - Expert Insights Into Why They're So Devastating and What to Do About Them
The Conversation Africa, 13 October 2022
Nigeria is experiencing its worst flooding in over a decade. Over 1.4 million people have been displaced, 500 have been reported dead and thousands have been injured. Read more »
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Nigeria: Flooding Will Worsen Food Insecurity, Inflation in Nigeria - IMF Warns
Vanguard, 11 October 2022
The International Monetary Fund has warned that the recent incidents of flooding in some states in Nigeria will worsen food insecurity and lead to further increase in food prices… Read more »
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Nigeria: Flood Ravages 14,496 Farmlands in Kano - NEMA
Vanguard, 21 September 2022
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that the devastating flood has destroyed 14,496 farmlands across five local government areas of Kano State. Read more »
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Nigeria: Death Toll in Jigawa Flood Rises to 98 - Official
Premium Times, 20 September 2022
Some victims of the flood complained that the government has turned a blind eye to their plight. Read more »
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Nigeria: Jigawa Flood - Death Toll Rises to 92 As Governor Travels On Holiday
Premium Times, 19 September 2022
The governor is under intense criticism for travelling abroad for holiday without visiting the flood victims. Read more »
Hundreds Die In Nigeria's Worst Floods In Years
The federal government has announced that the death toll a a result of flooding has hit 603 (on October 17, 2022). Speaking in Abuja, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk said that 2,5 million.people had been affected.
She said 1,3 million people had been displaced, and 2,407 people had been injured. A total of 121,318 houses have been partially damaged while 82,053 were destroyed. The minister said that 108,392 hectares of farmlands has been partially affected while 332,327 hectares of farmland were totally destroyed.
A group of experts has warned of impending food and environmental crises following the flooding in 27 states and in the Federal Capital Territory.
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