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The Alau Dam in Borno State, a crucial water reservoir for Maiduguri and its environs, has overflowed, leading to severe flooding that has caused significant damage across the region. The dam, which ...

The prolonged dry season, worsened by climate change, has resulted in critically low dam levels, raising concerns about the country’s water supply. According to last week’s state of reservoirs ...

Flood water from an overflowing dam has destroyed thousands of homes in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, with emergency officials fearing the situation could get worse.

The NEMA spokesperson said Borno’s flat ground geology made it easier for water to flow into passage areas in Maiduguri city, adding that the flood began after the Alau Dam overflowed following ...

The collapse of a dam in northeast Nigeria has caused severe flooding, destroying thousands of homes and worsening a dire humanitarian crisis. The flooding in Borno State has affected a million ...

Residents have been forced to flee their homes in northeastern Nigeria after severe flooding. The collapse of the Alau dam in the state of Borno caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the ...

On September 13, 1994, about 400,000 persons in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, were displaced by flood caused by the collapse of Alau Dam. With a maximum storage capacity of 112 million meter ...