Overall Green Flood alert in Nigeria from 23 Jun 2024 01:00 UTC to 23 Jul 2024 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Nigeria

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	FL 1102720
Death:	3
Displaced:	1500
Countries:	Nigeria
From - To	23 Jun - 23 Jul

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Sokoto State, Nigeria, Mid-July 2024NEMA reported heavy rain and flooding in areas of Sokoto State, Nigeria in mid-July 2024.Tue 23 Jul 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS

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Articles: 157 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Osun market women call for enforcement of weekly sanitation to avert f ... 2024-07-26T18:58+0200.

Market women and other stakeholders in Osun State are calling for the reinforcement of the weekly environmental sanitation to avert the looming flooding. This came to the fore at an awareness and sensitisation workshop organised by the Nati

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Flooding: FG, Experts Seek Solution to Mitigate Climate Change Disaste ... 2024-07-26T18:10+0200.

Business | 1 hour ago Arthur Eriye Experts have tasked the federal and state governments on the need for a system-wide solution to mitigate risks associated natural disasters. The effects of climate change are stark in Nigeria, including fr

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Nigeria: Flooding - FG, Experts Seek Solution to Mitigate Climate Chan ... 2024-07-26T17:31+0200.

According to Utserv: "It should be noted that some states have started experiencing varying levels of flooding and its associated disasters as early as April this year. So far, more than ten states of the Federation and the FCT have experie

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Flooding: FG, Experts Seek Solution to Mitigate Climate Change Disaste ... 2024-07-26T17:22+0200.

Arthur Eriye. Experts have tasked the federal and state governments on the need for a system-wide solution to mitigate risks associated natural disasters. The effects of climate change are stark in Nigeria, including frequent massive floods

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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