The last hymn had barely faded from her mind as Miss Chinwe Okorie stepped out of the commercial tricycle that Sunday evening of June 28, 2026. The young graduate, who works with an insurance company in Lagos, had spent the day worshipping at church, grateful for the refreshing rainfall that had cooled the city's sweltering …
The Works Minister says the Coastal Highway is not responsible for Lagos flooding Minister of Works, David Umahi, has urged Lagos residents to stop dumping refuse in drainage channels, insisting that it contributes significantly to flooding in parts of the state. The minister firmly denied that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is responsible for the …
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored power supply to parts of Lagos following a major outage caused by severe flooding that submerged critical equipment at two key transmission substations. The company had declared force majeure on Oworoshoki 132/33kV and Lekki 330/132kV Transmission Substations after persistent rainfall triggered widespread blackouts in several communities served by the …
Severe weather has swept across Greece, leaving at least two people dead and causing widespread disruption to transport and daily life. In the eastern Peloponnese town of Astros, a coastguard officer was killed after being struck by a powerful wave while urging fishermen to leave the harbour amid worsening conditions. Hours later, a woman died …
Families living on the Akuak islands in South Sudan are battling severe floods from the Nile, as climate change transforms their traditional way of life into an ongoing struggle for survival. The islands, located among countless channels of the Nile, are home to huts built on grass and clay platforms. Here, families sustain themselves through …
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians face heightened danger from flooding and freezing temperatures as Storm Byron batters the Gaza Strip, the UN warned Monday. The enclave, already reeling from two years of war, has been devastated by the severe winter storm. Palestinian sources report that 12 people have died, thousands of makeshift homes have …
Hurricane Melissa has unleashed catastrophic destruction across Jamaica, making landfall as a powerful Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, hit the island nation. Torrential floods swept through southwestern communities on Tuesday as winds reaching 185 mph (295 kph) tore roofs from buildings and sent boulders crashing onto major roads. Landslides, …
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast mixed weather conditions, including dust haze, rainfall, and possible flooding, across parts of the country from Monday to Wednesday. In its three-day weather outlook released Sunday in Abuja, NiMet predicted slight dust haze with good visibility over Borno, Zamfara, northern Kaduna, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States on …
