Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
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Natural Disasters
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Death toll from China rain rises to 57
The death toll from torrential rain in China climbed to 57, state media reported today, as the bad weather continued to cause havoc in five provinces. The south-western province of Guizhou was hardest hit, with 38 people killed by flash floods and 14 missing, Xinhua news agency reported. Nineteen people died in four other provinces in central, southern and eastern China. Floods in Guizhou destroyed 5,000 houses and affected 15,000 people in one county alone, Xinhua said. The news agency earlier reported that two bridges and a highway had also been destroyed.
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Floods Kill 50 In China After Torrential Rains
Torrential rain in southern and eastern China has killed at least 50 people in the past week and left 4,000 stranded, state media said on Wednesday, a fortnight after a big earthquake rattled Sichuan province. The poor and remote south-western province of Guizhou has been hardest hit, with 36 dead and another 14 missing, the official Xinhua news agency said. "Tents, quilts and clothes have been sent to Wangmo County in Guizhou, which has been severely hit by rain and floods," it added.
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Indonesian Mud Volcano Could Redirect Rivers
The collapse of the world's fastest-growing mud volcano could redirect nearby rivers and threaten villages in Indonesia, researchers said on Wednesday. The central part of the volcano on the island of Java is collapsing at a rate of up to three metres a day sporadically, they reported in the journal Environmental Geology. "Sidoarjo is a populated region and is collapsing as a result of the birth and growth of Lusi," Richard Davies, a geologist at Britain's University of Durham.
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First wave of floods hits Dhemaji
The first wave of floods of the year has hit the State with 20 villages in Dhemaji district being submerged by waters from Arunachal Pradesh. The affected villages are Dihing, Bhokot, Bhokotkoibotta, No.1 Bokulbari, Morolusuk, Kalitagaon, Nagaon, Station Colony, Milangaon, among others. Continuous rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh last week resulted in overflowing of the Jiyadhol, Gai and the Kumotia rivers, waters from which accumulated in the Somarjan area of Dhemaji district. It may be mentioned here that floods have been a regular feature in the Somarjan area for the last ten years.
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China works round the clock to drain quake lake
Mianzhu: Chinese soldiers were working non-stop to dig a giant sluice to ease pressure on a swelling "quake lake', with plans to evacuate 100,000 people to avert a new disaster, state media said. China on Tuesday put the death toll from the earthquake that struck Sichuan province on May 12 at 67,183, with the figure certain to rise with 20,790 listed as missing. Nearly 362,000 people were injured.
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Mira-Bhayandar highly prone to floods!
THE upcoming monsoon is going to be a testing time for the flood-control machinery of any municipal corporation and Mira-Bhayandar is no exception. While the administration of the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) boasts of making elaborate arrangements to tackle any eventually arising out of flood situation during monsoon, certain colonies in urban areas and some of the villages in the low lying areas are still very much vulnerable to floods following heavy rains.
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Libya Ships Aid To Drought-Hit Niger
Libya on Tuesday shipped 30 tonnes of humanitarian relief to drought-stricken Niger, one of several African states struggling to cope with a surge in global food prices, Libyan state media said on Tuesday. Libya also sent a team of doctors and pharmacists to distribute the aid, which includes medicine, clothes and tents, and provide health care to the poor in the Sahelian country, one of the world's top producers of uranium. Oil-exporting Libya is one of the main sources of aid to its neighbour Niger, an arid country on the southern fringe of the Sahara.
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Tornadoes in Minnesota, Iowa kill 8
Severe thunderstorms packing large hail and tornadoes rumbled across the United States' midsection, killing at least eight people and damaging dozens of homes, authorities said.
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Troops to explode debris to avert flood
Chinese soldiers prepared on Monday to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims. Two weeks after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit central Sichuan province, lakes formed by obstructed rivers clogged by landslides were adding new complications to recovery efforts already strained to find shelter for millions of homeless.