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  • Flood: SEMA to train 3,000 volunteers for disaster response in Kaduna

    Flood: SEMA to train 3,000 volunteers for disaster response in Kaduna

    The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA) will  train 3,000 volunteers in 23 local government areas to strengthen disaster management emergencies.

    Abubakar Hassan, Executive Secretary of the agency, made this known on Wednesday in an interview in Kaduna.

    ”3,000 volunteers will be retrained and reactivated in various Local governments to ensure quick response to emergencies to avert loss of lives and properties.

    “We met with the 23 LGA Vice chairmen and came up with strategies to minimise losses through adherence to warning alerts, early preparation and proper response.

    ” We believe that more can be achieved in the area of emergency management if the people mostly affected are engaged to drive the process, he said.

    Hassan said the recent floods in the state affected farm lands and houses in Soba, Kubau, Jema’a, Kachia, Igabi, Kaduna South, Kaduna North and Chikun local government areas.”

    He said communities affected are Rafin guza, Tudun wada, ungwar romi, Barnawa, Kigo road, Hayin danmani, Gonin gora and Asikolaye.

    He said no lives were lost.

    ”Floods are usually worsened by human activities such as construction of houses on water ways, indiscriminate dumping of refuse in areas that are prone to flooding,” she said.

    The agency, he said, is working with with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that all buildings in the state conform with the states building plan.

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  • Impending Flood In Kogi, Flood Prone Residents Asks To Move To Higher Ground – NEMA

    Impending Flood In Kogi, Flood Prone Residents Asks To Move To Higher Ground – NEMA

    By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    The Executive Secretary of Kogi State Emergency Management Agency (KOSEMA), Mr.Julius Mejiyan in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) cautioned people living in the flood prone areas to vacate immediately to avoid disaster of impending flooding in the state.

    The creatipn of awareness campaign for flood prone communities in Kogi State according to him is to avert avoidable disaster in the state.

    The awareness campaign for the “2020 flood preparedness, militagation response sensitization for flood prone communities was held at Sarkin Noma and Adankolo, in Lokoja metropolis.

    Mr. Mejiyan who thanked the NEMA team for their support to the Agency in moment of monumental distress advised the Sarkin Noma and Adankolo communities to move to higher ground the moment they notice signs of flood approaching their homes.

    Speaking earlier at the awareness campaign Head Operation Office Abuja (NEMA), Mr.Birtus Samuel says there is need for every community living along riverside to be on alert to impending flood as predicted by Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET).

    He pointed out that Nimet prediction shows that Kogi State might experience flooding this year
    and enjoined Sarkin Noma and Adankolo communities to endeavour to clear their drainages which will enhance free flow of water ways.

    In a remarks, the Head of Sarkin Noma community, Mallam Bala Musa Namama commended the efforts of NEMA and SEMA for the sensitization exercise regarding the impending danger and promised to adhere to precautions of NEMA to avert loss of lives and property.

  • Flood kills two, destroys farmland worth millions in Sokoto

    Flood kills two, destroys farmland worth millions in Sokoto

    Two persons have lost their lives at Kadadi village in Gada local government area of Sokoto state following a heavy downpour that washed away houses and farmland worth millions of naira.

    Thousands of persons are also displaced in Goronyo local government area of the state with large farmland washed away by the flood.

    Officials of the state emergency management agency SEMA told TVCNEWS that though the number of affected houses cannot be ascertained as at the time of filing this reports, thousands of persons have been displaced.

    The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA and that of the state SEMA are in the two local government areas for on the spot assessment to ascertain the level of damage done by the flood.

    Two state legislators representing Gada West and East state constituencies call on both the federal and state governments to hasten the process of extending relief materials to the affected communities

    They commended the government for their quick response to address the plight of the displaced people.

  • Adamawa Resident cries out to FG Over Perenial Flood in Adamawa

    Adamawa Resident cries out to FG Over Perenial Flood in Adamawa

    By Musa Isa Ahmed

    The Residents of Yola has called for the intervention of the Federal and state Government over the perennial flooding in communities across Yola, the Adamawa state capital

    This time around the flood submerged food stuffs and houses worth million of naira, also destroyed business and other valuable

    When our reporter visited some of the areas affected by flood, report that many places were destroyed, people were seen looking for affected houses restless

    Kisinja Bukar a Yola resident experience dissatisfiction with the government attitude, however said the Adamawa State Government cannot do it alone.

    He appealed to the Federal Government to come to their aid as soon as possible.
    According to him, he could not assertain the level of destruction caused to him by the Wednesday flood, but at the money he has lost everything

    The Wednesday flood affected communities mostly in Yola South Local Government Area and to the extent in Yola North, including Tashan Sani, where a particular family house collapsed, were animals were seen taken away by the flood. Also, Yolde pate was not left behind, as traders lost hundreds of bags of grains in a famous grains market.

    The Patron of the Timber market Tashan Sani. Kenneth Ogoduna, said ” the flood caused a lot of damage in their businesses and have lost over million’s of naira.
    However Adamu Zubairu said they used to experience flood for many years but this year came with surprised and shocked as it caught them unawares
    Also affected by the flood includes Bachure, Kofare, Damilu and Yolde Pate, with some residents still counting their losses of damage.

  • Cutting-edge technologies make flood prevention smarter

    Cutting-edge technologies make flood prevention smarter

    By Liu Yao, People’s Daily Overseas Edition
    Cutting-edge technologies, such as big data and AI, are making China’s flood prevention smarter, as they are applied to weather forecast, flood monitoring and warning.
    Regions along the Yellow River, which officially entered flood season on July 1, are beneficiaries of these technologies.
    The regime of the river is now being monitored and tracked by satellite remote sensing, and unmanned aerial vehicles are also employed to transmit real-time videos of the variation in the river’s discharge volumes.
    So far,346 large and medium-sized reservoirs in the Yellow River basin have been covered by real-time monitoring with over 1,000 video signals.
    South China and the regions south of the Yangtze River were hit by the first round of heavy rains in June since they entered the rainy season, and these regions had been paid special attention to by the National Meteorological Center of China Meteorological Administration (NMCCMA) a week before the rains. While closely following the development of the weather, the NMCCMA also reminded relevant regions to prepare for possible floods.
    Meteorological service represents the very first line of defense in disaster prevention and relief.China’s weather forecast technology has continuously upgraded, with its accuracy dramatically improved in recent years.
    The accuracy of rainstorm warning rose to 88 percent in 2019, and severe convections can be forecasted 38 minutes in advance. The country also led the world in typhoon track prediction.
    Hydrological monitoring offers important support for flood prevention.
    The rainfall areas in East China has begun moving northward since July. Normally it is hard to forecast flood in North and Northeast China, because precipitation gathers quickly in small and medium-sized rivers in mountainous areas there, which may give rise to floods within a short period of time. Since these areas are more prone to risks of sudden torrential rains and floods, scientific supports are especially important.
    “Thanks to these new technical methods, it only takes 10 to 15 minutes for the Ministry of Water Resources to collect the rainfall information from 120,000 flood-warning stations across the country. And it only takes dozens of minutes to forecast a flood,” said Liu Zhiyu, deputy director of Hydro logical Forecast Center of the Ministry of Water Resources.
    The efficient application of big data and AI in flood warning for small and medium-sized rivers has greatly improved China’s ability to forecast floods, Liu added.
    These technologies have played a major part in this year’s flood prevention and control in China.
    For instance, the technologies of 5G and VR have been introduced in the real-time water-level monitoring in Anqing, East China’s Anhui Province.The water condition filmed by panorama cameras can be transmitted to monitoring personnel through low-latency 5G signal. In addition, water levels can be observed by workers with VR glasses so that they can fully grasp the conditions of the river and the progress of disaster relief. As a result, the work efficiency has been significantly improved.
    Thanks to the Internet of Things, urban drainage systems now have a “brain” to prevent water logging. In Fuzhou, Southeast China’s Fujian Province and Guiyang, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, areas that are more likely to have water log are marked on an electrical map shown on a big screen, so that in times of a heavy rain, relevant staff members can have a clear picture easily.
    Apart from the state-of-the-art equipment, drones and AI robots are also must-have items in flood prevention and control.
    Drones enjoy a natural advantage in disaster prevention and relief, as they are agile and free from the topographic condition, and have quick response and a wide scope of monitoring.
    They can transmit high resolution pictures and videos of disaster sites to command centers. Armed with other equipment, drones can also search, locate and rescue those trapped. If armed with a night vision system, they can work all day round, and even dispatch relief supplies to those trapped.
    Recently, robots for water rescues have been put into use in many places in China. The robot resembles a light boat, and can be controlled by a tablet computer or a controller. It can save three to four people every time.
    If someone is trapped in a position with a fast-moving current and far away from the shore, the robots are able to move toward the position in full speed under the command of the control personnel so the drowning can hold onto it.

  • NEMA warns of flood in 102 LGAs

    NEMA warns of flood in 102 LGAs

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has warned of imminent flood in 102 Local Government Areas across 28 states during this year’s rainy season.

    AVM Muhammadu A Muhammed, Director-General of the agency, said that the yearly Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP), and Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), that were released by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), predicted this in June.

    He listed Kaura, Zaria, Kaduna North and Chikun local governments of Kaduna state as being within probable risk areas as some of the 102 local governments area with highly probable risk.

    He advised governments to organise State Humanitarian Coordination Forum meetings in order to prepare stakeholders for mitigation and response to floods when they occur.

    Mohammed called on State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMA) and front line local governments to be prepared.

    The director-general advised them to sensitise vulnerable communities to prepare for safe evacuation.

    Mohammed further suggested that refuse, weeds, water hyacinths should be removed from drainage channels, water channels and “all avenues for river run-offs so as to allow free flow of flood waters’’.(NAN)

  • Fire-hit Australia faces cyclone in west, heavy rain, floods in east

    Fire-hit Australia faces cyclone in west, heavy rain, floods in east

    Bush fire-ravaged Australia is bracing for dangerous weather conditions, including heavy rainfall and floods in the east and a severe tropical cyclone in the west.

    Tropical Cyclone Damien is expected to hit Western Australia’s northern region Saturday afternoon with a category four storm and bring “very destructive winds” with gusts of 230 kilometres per hour, and “very heavy rainfall,” the Bureau of Meteorology said.

    It is currently category three nearing the coast and has already brought severe downpour and damaging winds.

    The weather bureau has warned residents in several coastal towns to be prepared for a possible dangerous storm surge, as well as flooding in other inland mining regions.

    Meanwhile, in eastern states of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, where bush fires have wreaked havoc since September, the weather bureau issued a “severe weather warning” for damaging winds, heavy rain, abnormally high tides and possible floods.

    The bureau said some of the areas in NSW saw up to 211 millimetres of downpour over a 24-hour-period, with 150 mm of rain in Sydney since Thursday.

    State Emergency Services issued a warning for flash floods in some areas, as well as wind gusts in excess of 90 km/h.

    Around 40 bush fires continue to burn around NSW, where the state Rural Fire Service (RFS) has turned its focus to helping in flood-related emergencies.

    “We have seen significant rain across parts of New South Wales. We need a bit more in the south and south-east of the state, where we still have fires burning,” RFS spokesman Greg Allan told dpa. (dpa/NAN)