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DEVASTATING FLOODS CAUSE A CATASTROPHE IN
NIGERIA
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
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MAP OF NIGERIA
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After torrential rains and the
opening of Cameroon’s dams, a major river surge in the Niger River, Africa’s third longest,
inundated the Niger River valley.
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A PARADOX: More than 5.5 million Nigerians affected by drought are now being
impacted by the worst flooding in eight decades.
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It is typical for Nigeria to have heavy tropical rains
from May to September and to have seasonal flash
floods, BUT almost never on the scale of 2012
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EXACERBATING FACTOR:
Experts said flooding conditions were exacerbated by the opening
of dams in the Republic of Cameroon a few weeks earlier,
which caused the Niger River to burst its banks.
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50 PERCENT OF LAND MASS INUNDATED IN MANY PLACES
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WIDESPREAD INUNDATION
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WIDESPREAD INUNDATION
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WIDESPREAD INUNDATION
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WIDESPREAD INUNDATION
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ALL REGIONS IMPACTED (Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Bayelsa and Imo
hit hard)
FOOD SUPPLIES DESTROYEDCATTLE WASHED AWAY
300,000 CHILDREN FACING MALNUTRITION
91 DEAD
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FAMILIES STRUGGLING JUST TO SURVIVE HAVE LOST EVERYTHING
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INITIAL REPORTS
• Farmlands, paddy fields, cash crops, food resources, water resources, houses, schools, healthcare, centers, roads, and dams were damaged or destroyed.
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SCHOOL GROUNDS INUNDATED
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HOUSES INUNDATED
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ROADS INUNDATED
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Nigeria’s well known Lokoja-Abuja Road was submerged in the flood,
making the road impassable and stranding commuters.
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Economic Losses
The direct and indirect losses arising from the flooding is so enormous that it is virtually impossible to calculate it in
naira and kobo
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PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN FACING A NATIONAL DISASTER
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IMMEDIATE ACTION: President Jonathan set up a
34-member national committee on flood relief
and rehabilitation
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Oxfam, an aid agency, reported that over 500,000 people were
displaced as a result of the rising cholera rate
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Schools and camps scattered across the state were quickly
established to handle displaced persons.
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FUTURE FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES
• Goodluck Jonathan’s administration plans to build embankments around the Niger and Benue confluence in Lokoja as part of regional measures to prevent future recurrences of flooding.
• The Kassambilla dam, now under construction, is expected to lessen the impacts of future flooding.
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SOME GOOD NEWS: No reported impacts on Nigeria’s crude oil
production