Overall Green alert Flood for Nigeria
in Nigeria

Event summary

Flood Nigeria can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101413
Death: 5
Displaced: -
Countries: Nigeria
From - To 09 May - 10 May

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Yobe, Nigeria, May 2022Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (Sema) reported that 5 people died and 41 were injured after buildings collapsed due to heavy windstorm and rainfall in Damaturu late on 09 May 2022. It is not clear if the rain caused flooding in the area. Media said about 70 houses were damaged or destroyed by the rainstorm which lasted just one hour.Wed 11 May 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 3 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

As Rainy Season Arrives2022-04-23T02:39+0200.

As the seasonal rains kick in, apprehensions are rife regarding the readiness of the people to stand up to the challenges that are expected to arrive with the wet weather. From all indications, Nigeria and Nigerians are no strangers to floo
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Chinese embassy in S. Africa donates to flood victims2022-04-22T05:07+0200.

A man tries to look for items in a massive debris near the Point Yacht Club following heavy rains earlier the week in Durban, on April 15, 2022. [Photo/Agencies] The Chinese embassy in South Africa on Wednesday donated $66,667 to the South
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African wildlife, coasts suffer effects of flooding, drought2022-04-20T13:44+0200.

FILE - A collapsed bridge on the Griffiths Mxenge Highway after flooding, in Durban in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Devastating floods in South Africa this week, as well as other extreme weather events across the contine
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),