Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
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Saudi Arabia's civil defence said Thursday that 77 people were killed in intense flooding in Jeddah and nearby areas, and that scores could still be missing. Jeddah civil defence spokesman Abduallah al-Omary said most of the deaths occurred in vulnerable areas in the city's eastern and southern districts after a downpour on Wednesday.
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: They endured the monsoon rains in temporary tarpaulin shelters pitched on embankments. Now, six months after the devastating cyclone pounded the region on May 25, Aila victims in the estuarine islands of the Sunderbans must brave the elements this winter since the promised compensation for rebuilding their homes is yet to come through for most.
Spurred on by clearance of a special package for Bundelkhand region, the National Research Centre for Agro-Forestry (NRCAF) will soon recommend its watershed experiment in the 13 drought-prone districts of the region to tackle water scarcity there.
CLIMATE change is fast turning out to be a big challenge for mega cities.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Tuesday declared 3,264 villages in 70 blocks and 41 wards in nine urban local bodies as drought-affected and sought an assistance of Rs 843.965 cr from the National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) to tackle the situation.
Hyderabad, Nov. 24: A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil R. Dave and C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday, told the counsel for the Centre to inform its stand on the issue of declaring the recent floods in the five districts as a national calamity.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday handed over the operational command of Urban Search and Rescue Team to Capital Development Authority (CDA) in a bid to equip the civic body with modern resources of disaster management. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira was the chief guest at the command transfer ceremony.
High costs and absence of appropriate technology are the reasons why developing countries have done little to achieve the mitigation targets, says Arvind Panagariya
Nov. 23: Flood victims are anticipating permanent assistance from the government though they have only received temporary relief measures so far. The government had distributed Rs 3,000 to 8,000 to each flood victim family and essential commodities for two months. Donors and various voluntary organisations assisted flood victims with utensils, clothes and essential commodities.