Flooding in Kogi State, Nigeria, has displaced over 10,000 people since 07 September, according to state government sources. Heavy rainfall in river catchments over the last few weeks has increased…
The government in Nigeria says that thousands have been displaced by flooding in the state of Benue. It is thought that the Benue river overflowed last week after several days…
Precipitation extremes – in terms of both excess and deficient rainfall – has caused serious disruption with widespread socio-economic impacts in many countries in recent weeks. Here is a glance…
Hours of heavy rain between 08 and 09 July caused severe flooding in Suleja in Niger state, Nigeria, which lies about 30 km north west of capital city Abuja. Local…
The UK-based Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) has led an international team of scientists who reveal global warming is responsible for a tripling in the frequency of extreme West…
Over the last few weeks, FloodList has published a series of articles on floating architecture, looking at different ways designers and architects have approached the problem of providing homes and…
Study recommends governments support existing community-based mangrove management programmes, which allow locals to sustainably fish and harvest timber in forests, writes Matthew Ponsford for Thomson Reuters Foundation. LONDON, Feb 2…
With rising sea levels accompanying climate change, and a shortage of developable land in rapidly urbanising regions, are floating cities a feasible solution? Several Floodlist articles highlight populated areas in…
(Updated 23 August to include Senegal) Heavy rainfall over the last few weeks has affected several countries in western Africa, including Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria. At least…
Local disaster management officials in Kano State, Nigeria, say that recent flooding has left thousands of homes destroyed or damaged. According to the Kano State Relief and Emergency Agency (SREA),…
A storm lasting several hours brought heavy rain and flooding to Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, Nigeria on Sunday 12 June, 2016. Local media say that the Iyi-Udele River that runs at…
In a recent report on the humanitarian situation in West and Central Africa Region Weekly, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that 302,000 people in…
As many as 30 people have died in floods in Nigeria over the last few day as the country’s disaster management authority has issued a warning about further potential flooding.…
Flooding caused by ongoing heavy rains across southern Nigeria caused at least 15 fatalities in the last week of June 2014. Heavy rains on 28 and 29 June affected Oyo…
It is reported that rainfall over the past few days has caused flooding in the southern Nigerian states of Anambra and Delta. As of 25 June, according to local media,…
Godswill Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom, said yesterday 5th November 2013, that plans to secure the state capital from flood disasters are being looked at, but the costs to…
