Alexander Odemba at Kumwanda flood displacement camp in Budalangi, after his homestead was submerged by floods. [Courtesy] Fishing zones at the lake have been reduced by the spread of water hyacinth.

Backflow from Lake Victoria reported in 2019, coupled with floods following heavy downpour in 2020 displaced reidents of ...

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And, the floods can be attributed to climate change. According to IRC, the Central Sahel region of West Africa, where temperatures are rising 50% faster than the global average.

Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed. By Ruth Maclean and Ismail Alfa Reporting from Dakar, Senegal, and Maiduguri ...

Flash floods are the No. 1 cause of weather-related deaths in the United States.More people die from floods every year than tornadoes, lightning or hurricanes. On average, flooding kills 89 people ...

Climate change is influencing extreme weather events like the flooding across six countries that has led to mass evacuations of cities as the waters continue to rise. By Austyn Gaffney Floodwaters ...

Devastating floods in northeastern Nigeria have submerged entire residential areas, displaced tens of thousands of people, and forced zoo animals to escape into the streets. At least 30 people ...

Romania's Galati County has been devastated by widespread flooding following days of heavy rainfall that has resulted in the deaths of seven people. More than a third of the village of Pechea has ...

At least 17 people have been killed in some of the worst floods to hit central Europe in decades as Storm Boris sweeps through the region, dumping well over a month’s worth of rain. Austria ...

Economic losses due to the latest flooding in central Europe are significant. The first estimations show that the cost of the current floods alone could surpass a billion euros, but the precise ...

At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said, as aid agencies reported more than 1,000 people had ...