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 2.

• Flood Magnitude 6.57
• from 15/09/2012 00:00 UTC to 15/10/2012 23:59 UTC
• 91 killed and 0 displaced

Latest media headlines

Articles: 25 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

At least 1 mln people displaced by floods in Nigeria's north- central region: official
Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:11:00 +0200   xinhuanet_en (en)

JOS, Nigeria, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least one million people have been displaced by the recent floods that ravaged the north- central region of Nigeria, an official said Wednesday. Zonal coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the north-central region Mohammed Abdulsalami....

People and organisations: Kogi State  Xinhua News Agency  National Emergency Management Agency  Emergency 

A soulless and drowning nation
Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:10:00 +0200   vanguardngr (en)

NIGERIA is under water, literally. From the Adamawa highlands where the Benue enters Nigeria to Lokoja where it joins with the more majestic Niger for a single course to the Atlantic via the massive alluvial fan we call the Niger Delta, the country conjures images of the primeval flood at the beginning of creation.

People and organisations: Independence Day  Federal Government  Boko Haram  Gabriel Suswam 

JP Clark tasks govt on flood victims’ rehabilitation
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:15:00 +0200   vanguardngr (en)

WARRI—RENOWNED Poet, Prof JP Clark has asked government at all levels to ensure that relief materials get to victims of the raging flood disaster in the country, lamenting that so far, the response has been slow.

People and organisations: Emmanuel Uduaghan  Federal Government 

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