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

Updated: this report is based on update number 250.

• Flood Magnitude 5.43
• from 22/07/2012 00:00 UTC to 25/07/2012 23:59 UTC
• 50 killed and 2000 displaced

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Death and the Waters Between
Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:27:00 +0200   thisdayonline (en)

The Verdict According to Olusegun Adeniyi. Email, olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com We do not seem to be paying much attention, but nothing has [[killed]] more Nigerians and wrecked as much havocs in the last four months as flooding. Perhaps the reason it has not been such a big issue is because the....

People and organisations: The Guardian  Olusegun Adeniyi 

Anambra: Offodile’s tirades(2)
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:20:00 +0200   vanguardngr (en)

BUT for Governor Obi, flood would have washed the entire Awka away. It was a former Governor that blocked the Iyiagu flood channel and sold all the land there, and people had started building skyscrapers there before Governor Obi’s intervention.

People and organisations: Peter Obi  Juan de Dios  Catholic Church  Emergency 

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