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 1101523
Death: 15
Displaced: 8189
Countries: Nigeria
From - To 09 Jul - 14 Aug

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Jigawa State, Nigeria, July to August 2022Flooding occurred in parts of Jigawa State, Nigeria after heavy rain on 02 August 2022. Local media reported fatalities in Kiri Kasamma and Kafin Hausa LGAs.Thu 4 Aug 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Africa: Food Fears Grow As African Floods Fail to Subside #AfricaClima.. 8/15/2022 12:25:00 PM.

Lagos Africa could face increased food insecurity and an unprecedented rural-urban migration crisis if the climate change induced flooding persists, environmentalists say. From January 2022 to August 4, over 682 people have been killed and
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NEMA distributes relief items to flood victims in Jigawa 8/12/2022 5:15:00 PM.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has started the distribution of relief items to victims affected by flood in six local government areas of Jigawa. The Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib, was represented by the Coord
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NEMA distributes relief items to flood victims in Jigawa 8/12/2022 12:09:00 PM.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has started the distribution of relief items to victims affected by flood in six local government areas of Jigawa. The Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib, was represented by the Coord
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EU commits 70,000 Euroes to combat floods in Nigeria 8/10/2022 1:45:00 AM.

The European Union (EU) has provided the sum of €70,000 to strengthen preparations for floods in Nigeria. A statement by Bart Witteveen, of EU’s Humanitarian Aid office in Nigeria, said the funding was in anticipation of the beginning of hi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),