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Lekki is a city located in Lagos State, Nigeria.It is located to the south-east of Lagos city. A naturally formed peninsula, bordering its west are Victoria Island and Ikoyi districts of Lagos, with the Atlantic Ocean to its south, Lagos Lagoon to the north, and Lekki Lagoon to its east; with the city's southeast, which ends around the western edge of Refuge Island, borders the eastern part of ...
Flooding in Nigeria has become a yearly occurrence that claims lives and destroys many properties. According to the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, following two flood-related deaths in Abuja in July 2024, the rains have persisted, causing property and business disruption in the midst of a crippling economy where rising food costs are making matters worse for Nigerians.
In 2024, heavy rainfall impacted several countries across West and Central Africa, including Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon and Ghana. At least 1,500 were killed and more than a million were displaced. [1] The rainy season in West Africa lasts from June to September, with June alone producing prolonged deadly and damaging floods. [2]
Residents of this small U.S. city along the Canadian border were assessing damage from flooding that hit an estimated three quarters of homes, as Washington state and British Columbia tried to dry ...
2024 floods in North America (1 C, 1 P) O. 2024 floods in Oceania (2 P) S. 2024 floods in South America (1 P) This page was last edited on 4 January 2024, at 18 ...
That one storm could within hours shut down a key engine in one of the world's biggest exporting nations highlights Canada's unique economic fragility. ... The massive rains that unleashed floods ...
Rapper Drake shared a video of murky water flooding his Toronto mansion as heavy rains inundated parts of Canada on Tuesday and knocked out power for thousands of customers. ... 2024 at 7:20 AM.
Around 1000 residents of Lagos and Ogun states region of Nigeria were displaced due to flood associated with heavy rainfalls, which was further exacerbated by the release of water from the Oyan Dam into the Ogun River [92] About 250,000 Nigerians were affected by the flooding in 2016, while 92,000 were affected in 2017 [93] [94] [95]