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 3976
Death: 127
Displaced: 20000
Countries: Nigeria
From - To 25 Aug - 26 Sep

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 101 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Nigerian official warns Lake Nyos in Cameroon could collapseFri, 28 Sep 2012 09:55:00 +0200.

Lake Nyos in Western Cameroon - The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday raised the alarm on the possibility of the collapse of Lake Nyos in Western Cameroon. At the signing ceremony of the Lake Nyos disaster res
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ECOWAS donates 200 million CFA francs for Niger’s flood victimsWed, 26 Sep 2012 14:56:00 +0200.

APA, Abuja (Nigeria), Niger has received 200 million CFA francs from the ECOWAS Commission in support of victims of devastating floods which have killed many, affected over 500, 000 people and damaged farms and other properties. The cheque
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ECOWAS Donates 200 Million Franc CFA In Support Of Flood Victims In Ni ... Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:43:00 +0200.

On behalf of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Desire Kadre Ouedraogo, the cheque was presented by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Gender, Dr. Adrienne Diop, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger
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ECOWAS donates 200m Francs in support of flood victims in NigerSat, 22 Sep 2012 12:45:00 +0200.

APA – Lagos (Nigeria) Niger has received a cheque of 200 million CFA francs from the ECOWAS Commission in support of victims of devastating floods which killed many, affected more than 500,000 people and damaged farms and other properties.
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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: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), INFORM (2),