Overall Orange alert Flood
in Nigeria

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1000213
Glide number: 2018-000120
Death: 100
Displaced: 1000
Countries: Nigeria
From - To 31 Aug - 24 Sep

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 42 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Red Cross, others donate relief items to Kogi flood victimsWed, 26 Sep 2018 21:38:00 +0200.

The Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS) on Wednesday, distributed food items and other relief materials to 100 households affected by the flood in some communities in Kogi. Newsmen who witnessed the distribution of the items reports that the
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Flooding: Avoiding the fury of natureTue, 25 Sep 2018 01:31:00 +0200.

On Friday, September 7, 2018, during an emergency stakeholders’ meeting, the Director of Engineering Hydrology, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Mr. Clem Nze, warned that flood was imminent and specifically noted that all the indices t
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Flooding: Avoiding the fury of nature 10 mins ago OpinionSun, 23 Sep 2018 03:51:00 +0200.

On Friday, September 7, 2018, during an emergency stakeholders’ meeting, the Director of Engineering Hydrology, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Mr. Clem Nze, warned that flood is imminent and specifically noted that all the in
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News 1 min ago Osinbajo visits Anambra flood victims, reveals ways dis ... Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:25:00 +0200.

The vice president who visited Internally Displaced Persons who were gathering their property from submerged homes betrayed emotions while commiserating with the people over their plight. He announced the support of the Federal Government o
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (2), EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),