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Flooding: 200,000 displaced, children missing in Maiduguri – NEMA

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that over 200,000 people have been displaced after the Alau Dam broke down on Tuesday, September 10.

According to the agency, several children cannot be accounted for as houses have been submerged in the flood that hit Maiduguri, the Borno State’s capital city.

Many properties worth millions are also said to have been destroyed including farmlands, markets and businesses.

Hospitals like the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital were also ravaged with patients and staff of the hospital sacked from the premises.

In addition, the Palace of the Shehu of Borno was also flooded leaving the monarch and other residents displaced from the location.

While many climate experts have said that the situation which is occurring after 30 years could have been averted, President Bola Tinubu had ordered the vice President to visit Maiduguri and ascertain the level of damage to the city.

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BREAKING: 2 persons reportedly killed as flood submerges Trademore Estate in Abuja

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

An early Monday morning downpour led to severe flooding, submerging the popular Trademore Estate in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Unconfirmed reports said that two people were swept away by the flood.

The estate’s gate area was particularly affected, with the prolonged rain rendering hundreds homeless and causing extensive property damage.

A video circulated on Monday morning, narrated by an unidentified woman, showed the estate nearly completely submerged, with some properties seen outside homes in the rain.

She said while screaming in the video: “This is Trademore Estate, federal government we are pleading, two persons just died now, the water took them away. Two persons swept away by this water, please we are begging. FCT minister come and do something, we are appealing.

“See the Police Station is gone. These are people’s residences, and water is everywhere. Minister of FCT, Honourable Wike, please come to Trademore Estate, people are dying. Two people just died this morning, what a pity.”

Recall that the flooding in the estate has been a perennial occurrence every rainy season, which made the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) promise to tackle it, but nothing has been done.

The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) had announced last year that it would demolish structures on waterways in the estate and other estates across the FCT, but residents of the affected areas vehemently opposed the decision of the government and went to challenge it in court.

In a statement signed by the FCDA executive director, Shehu Ahmed, he said the structures in communities such as Trademore Estate, disrupting the natural water flow, were responsible for flooding recorded in some parts of the city, despite the Administration marking many buildings in the estate, the occupants refused to vacate.

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NEMA presents Disaster Risk Management Implications Report on 2021 Flood Outlook

by Leading Reporters
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday presented the 2021 NEMA Disaster Risk Management Implications Report which aim at producing appropriate early flood warning signals to the public.

It would be recall that the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHISA) in its 2021 flood outlook indicated that 121 Local Government Areas of 27 States and the Federal Capital Territory will expect a high probability of flood risk, while 302 local government areas will experience moderate risk of floods.

Meanwhile, Director General, NEMA, Ahmed Habib while speaking at the presentation of the Disaster Risk Management Implications Report in Abuja stated that the report will increase awareness and create a well informed and resilient communities at all level.

Habib noted that the report will also identify communities at risk and safe locations for the setting up of temporary shelters through its risk mapping.

He added that the report enables planning for the stockpiling and prepositioning of humanitarian relief for appropriate and timely intervention to persons affected by floods and associated hazards.

Habib further stated that the release of the 2021 Disaster Risk Management Implications Report marks the beginning of series of events throughout the rainy season including emergency coordination meetings to review response and mitigation strategies on sudden onset hydro meteorological disasters to ensure better coordination of human and material resources.

The Director General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Clement Nze on his own part acknowledged that the report is apt and timely in response to emergency preparedness.

Nze added that the collaboration between the two agencies is quite commendable and assured that information that relate to predictions will be available to NEMA and the general public.

The Director General, Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET), Prof. Bako Mansur represented by the Director, Applied Meteorological Services, Engr. Yusuf Mailadi stated that unveiling reports and presenting Seasonal Climate Prediction are not enough if stakeholders do not put together available resources for field work and continue to disseminate timely information.

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