The Bayelsa State Government has expressed worry that the impact of this year’s flooding might result in humanitarian crisis, saying about 700,000 persons have been affected.
The Bayelsa State Government has expressed worry that the impact of this year’s flooding might result in humanitarian crisis, saying about 700,000 persons have...
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Flood submerges 300 Bayelsa communities, displaces 700,000 peopleThe Bayelsa State government on Saturday declared that 'no fewer than 300 communities and villages have either been totally or partially submerged by flooding in the state.'
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Flood Displaces 700,000, Submerges 300 Communities in Bayelsa – THISDAYLIVE
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Over 200 communities displaced, six feared dead as flood ravages RiversOver 200 communities in four local councils of Rivers State, namely - Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA), Ahoada West, Ahoada East and Abual Odual
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DISPLACED BY FLOOD: Inside Kwara communities where erosion paves way for open defecation | TheCableIn the bone-chilling weather of an August morning in his community in Ilorin West LGA, Kwara state, Salihu Alabi Olojoku, a man in his mid-forties, nervously stood among his peers. Wearing a wrinkled face, he narrated how erosion had displaced him from his home.
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Gov Diri decries devastation of more communities in Bayelsa by floodBayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has bemoaned the devastation of property and the hardship visited on the people of the state by the rampaging
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Eight Persons Killed As Flood Washes Pythons, Dangerous Sea Reptiles Into Niger Delta Communities | Sahara ReportersDevastating floods have continued to ravage Niger Delta communities, sweeping pythons and other reptiles into the areas – a development which has heightened panic among residents. Residents now scamper for safety for fear of being killed, Vanguard was told. The ravaging flood which has cut off parts of the East-West Road has continued to wreak havoc in communities along the bank of the River Niger. The flood had swept away at least eight residents as well as destroyed crops and houses worth millions of naira in the state.
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