Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Natural Disasters
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World disasters report 2018: leaving no one behind
The 2018 World Disasters Report asks challenging questions of affected states, admittedly overburdened donors, and local and international humanitarian organizations. It includes a strong call for more,
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Addressing the most vulnerable first: pro-poor climate action in informal settlements
One of the greatest challenges for climate change adaptation is how to build resilience for the billion urban dwellers who are estimated to live in what are termed informal settlements . These settlements
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Building disaster resilience to natural hazards in Sub-Saharan African regions, countries and communities 2014-2017
The Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) cooperation Programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities”, financed
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The financial cost of natural disasters around the world
A new report on natural disasters over the past 20 years by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction suggests Africa is not the continent when it comes to natural disasters wreaking havoc
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Two dead including child in Tunisia floods
Flash flooding in central Tunisia killed at least two people including a six-year-old child on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. The drownings came less than a month after torrential rains killed
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Floods in Niger claim 45 lives since June: UN
Forty-five people have died in the arid west African country of Niger in flooding since June, and nearly 209 000 have been affected, the UN said on Tuesday. The rains destroyed nearly 17 400 homes,
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‘India among 5 economies worst hit by climate change’
Climate change is causing more havoc than geophysical events like earthquakes and tsunamis. A study by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows how climate change has affected us in the
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At least 31 dead after Uganda 'landslide': official
At least 31 people have been found dead in eastern Uganda after heavy rains caused a landslide, a government official said Friday. "The number of confirmed dead as of now is 31 people," Commissioner
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Tunisia suffers huge economic losses due to natural disasters: minister
The economic losses caused by natural disasters in Tunisia could reach 138 million U.S. dollars a year, Tunisian Minister of Local Affairs and Environment Riadh Mouakher said on Thursday. At the Africa-Arab
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Death toll from Nigeria floods reaches 199
The death toll from floods across much of central and southern Nigeria has reached 199, the national disaster agency said on Wednesday, almost doubling the number of people killed from three weeks earlier.