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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion [48] [49] [50] 2022 September 23–24 Hurricane Fiona: Hurricane Atlantic Canada: Eastern Canada 3 $660 million in insured damage making Fiona the most costly storm to hit Canada [51] [52] 2023 February 13 2023 East Ottawa explosion Explosion Ottawa, Ontario Eastern Canada 0 12 [53] 2023 March ...
Canada's British Columbia province on Thursday warned residents to prepare for flooding when rains eventually return after a prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change that has raised ...
The Alau Dam was constructed in 1986 to help farmers with irrigation and to help control flooding from the Ngadda River. Before 2024, the dam has broken twice: in 1994 and 2012, leading to flooding of local communities. [4] The Borno State has also been experiencing a humanitarian crisis over the last decade due to the Boko Haram insurgency ...