Nigeria grapples with catastrophic flooding | DW News
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2022
- Nigeria experiences annual flooding, especially in coastal areas, but this year's floods are the worst in more than a decade. 1.4 million people had to flee their homes for camps set up on higher ground. But help is slow in arriving. Many roads and bridges are washed out.
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#Nigeria #flooding
My heart is broken for our brothers and sisters in that end of Nigeria,sending love from Uganda 🇺🇬
My condolences to my sisters and brothers in that part of African nation 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
As a Nigerian it is so sad to see the devastation that is solely due to corruption of our judicial system. They have the resources and funds to build a dam and fix/prevent these issues, but they would rather put the national budget and all foreign aid we've received in their pockets. I pray our next president will actually put effort into improving the quality of life for our people because this backwardness is tiring.
Lol 😂 corruption in JUDICIAL SYSTEM caused FLOODING ??? 😂 you are funny.
You can't blame your government for everything bro
@@Biobele Please read the comment correctly and don't misquote me because nowhere did I state that is the CAUSE. Devastation to civilians is a consequence of flooding. And no, the flood isn't caused by "particularly heavy rainfall". Lagos state sits right by the Atlantic ocean and gets flooded every rainy season due to people building houses on sand-filled water that hasn't been allowed to settle & inadequate drainage systems. So tell me why Lagos is dry right now?
If you've been keeping up with the news, you would have also seen the clip questioning why Foreign aid is taking so long to reach Nigeria. It's not taking long to reach the country. The foreign aid has already been received and shared amongst members of the government (at whatever level).
Long story short, I stand by what I said.
@@Gtmz53fxt56zxc You seem to be contradicting yourself
@@Biobele If the corrupt Judge arrests the Dam Builder on a BS crime then "fines" them for the contract money and thus bankrupting the dam project that could manage the flooding.
Get it?
That's heart breaking. My prayers are with my brothers and sisters in Nigeria..
I'm Ghanaian, and even though we don't get along well on some things, we need to give and show Nigeria our full support. The world is going through tough challenges right now, so I wish the best to Nigeria, and hope this problem gets taken care of
You and who don’t get along with Nigeria
@@Ghanaba23 Hi, I meant in general. Ghanaians and Nigerians are always debating and fighting. I have nothing against Nigerians though. Sorry if I offended you in any way.
You are a fool ... When flood took over your capital city people like you were hiding
Nigeria just cannot get a break. 😥
They are owner by Shell. What did you expect ?
No breaks because of corruption 🙄
It's a shame that some of this floodwater couldn't be diverted into Lake Tchad.
The irony
would actually be a decent idea for irrigation that doesn't dry up the lake
Diverting flood waters from the upper reaches of the benue river, to the drying lake chad, will be quite some engineering challenge! It will be worth trying, to save lives and save the lake chad.
The flood was as a result of Cameroon lagdo dam that was destroyed ( collapsed)
If this happens every year, maybe construct levees to contain the flood water. If you're unable to do that don't allow construction on the flood plain.
The government is too incompetent and clueless to combat the annual flooding.
Infrastructure - the usual answer.
They aren't smart enough unfortunately. Just like the Pakistanis. I'm sure Allah will help them.
The flood is as a result of Cameroon lagdo dam that collapsed
Nigerian Meteorological Agency has been issuing flash flooding warning at various times in the year but the government and stakeholders never take it seriously, just as usual. Even as of this month of October, our DG/CEO, Professor Mansur Bako Matazu had to issue yet another flash flooding warning to states like Anambra and some central state. And it did happened
Unbelievable flooding. Heartbreaking. Some places get too much water, while other places are desperate for water.
When you know you are poor, then why have 10 or 11 children, l pray for God to help Nigeria and Nigerians, Tinubu said he didn't regret Buhari Government that Buhari Government did a good job, that makes me so afraid for Nigeria and Nigerians, now this l am afraid of malaria water borne diseases, cholera etc, l hope medical GNOS will be on the ground to help also l pray God use me too as a blessing to this disaster.....
Having that many kids in extreme poverty has nothing to do with God.... that's on you. There's something called common sense.
There is lots of flooding in Australia too. So sad also to see Nigeria in a similar situation.
Not sure why the whites are still illegally occupying Australia instead of returning back to their homelands in Europe.
Australia has the funding to help its citizens...What ever money is donated to any southern african country is stolen through corruption.
@@agarwalamit081 because anyone who was actually born in a country is their home. The ones born - it's not their fault what happened before that and there have been positive changes in order to acknowledge the damages done. I cannot see how your question relates to the floods?
@@jaychimera372 there is corruption everywhere which is really frustrating. People are damned if they send money and damned if they don't.
Also Pakistan, in august i think that one.
Prayers🙏🏾 up!
Were is water supposed to go when you cut the remaining forests you had in your country?
I live in a drought area of the US. We used to be a Forest.
I disagree with the guest...to some extent , the flooding is actually due to the negligence of Federal government of Buhari(Fulani) in taking proactive steps in treating the dam release by Cameroon
10-11 kids as a single mom? Have you ever heard of birth control?
When South Africa was experiencing flooding the insult we got from Nigerians that God is punishing us for Xenophobia and thinking we are better than other African countries. Man it was so bad. Our families insulted by other Africans. I hope this is a lesson not to wish bad on others. Climate Change is a threat to all of us. We helped Mozambique when they were going through cyclones with SANDF choppers rescuing people. It's time for AU to intervene and send help before diseases break out. People need help and countries must send direct help.
But Nigerians went there to help so many CZcams videos of Nigerians helping donation to
sad but true Soso.
Yes!
Stop lying
This is unfortunate for Nigeria experiencing Floods and many have lost their homes possessions livelihoods even some loosing their lives. My prayers are with the Nigerian people during this difficult time. Keep up the good work at DW.
10 or 11 children? Damn! what do you expect? So many kids to feed, that is plain irresponsible!
Research the infant mortality rate, not all children will live sadly. It's a common practice to have many kids in places with higher rates, with the intent that some will survive. Try to be less ignorant please.
@@DoglasBubbleTrousers A Nigerian female friend told me these African women have many kids for the reason you mentioned as well as thee hope that one child will find success and earn money to help the cause.
@@DoglasBubbleTrousers The child mortality is high - but not historically high. Meaning most will survive and the population projections expect 3-4 billion people til the end of the century in that region.
None is dieing Nigeria don't have high child dead infact 85% pollution are young people from 0-30years old
Good presentation of facts DW News. Well done
Nigeria needs our help AU please let's help Nigeria
Nigerian government failed to build their own part of Dam in the 80s after agreement with Cameron. This flood is totally avoidable. This is sad, very sad m
Where is the African Union? They must help immediately.
The African Union doesn't give a toss about the majority of Africans.
This is a perfect example 🇺🇸! Of just How Bless we really are!! Now let’s bless them!!!! ❤
It's totally on them. If you know that seasonal flooding, either build the necessary dams to keep things under control if the worst happens, or simply do not build on low lands or that close to a river.
You clearly didn’t watch the whole or aren’t paying attention
@@woodyexy9520 What did you not get about not building settlements that are on low lands, or places where the footprint of a river used to be? It's very logic and not difficult to understand. Rivers do not simply overflow.
@@DarkStar3147 obviously like you said rivers don’t overflow, there’s another factor playing into why this rivers are acting unnatural…. Something very obvious and in our face all the time
@@woodyexy9520 It's been flooding like this since long before climate change. Yes the climate is a problem, but they still need to build dams instead of making babies and shanty poop houses in low elevation plans.
They don't have the funds.
God bless the people
why is there not flow control on rivers why would they flood every year
“Flood Season” in Nigeria.
Heavy seasonal rains are a regular feature of life in Nigeria and towns close to the country's main rivers are always the most vulnerable.
If it's seasonal happening, then the reason can't be bad planning or lack of infrastructure! But yeah, building on flood plains isn't the wise decision.
Building on Earth has become more dangerous, too. Climate changes are becoming more radical every minute.
This is the worst we have seen it
How can we help? I had no idea about this.
May the aid arrive quickly and projected rainfall lessen.
One should not be surprised that some of the aides given will be diverted by few officials. It will hardly reach the actual victims. This is easy in Nigeria.
Some of the homes are LITERALLY on the river channel it boggles the mind how that is allowed to happen
what is wrong with so many people in the comments blaming the people for living where they do? honestly such a terrible thing to do and chances are no matter where you live youre probably gonna be in an area prone to one form of natural disaster or other. can you imagine losing everything you have or a family member only to hear people criticizing you and blaming you for living in your home???
Because a lot of them are not happy with their Life,so they always be come a keyboard warrior.
I enjoyed Adakus comments, they are concise and informative
We need dams , flood gates, reservoirs , canals , good government policies... Etc I could go on...
The report makes it sound as if a dam could have prevented this, but this is a _lot_ of water. Could a single dam really be sufficient?
Come Jesus come 🙏🏼
As an African citizen, it's very disheartening seeing our people going through this disaster, I pray that the authority have alternative solution to this problem, God bless Nigeria from 🇳🇦🙏
Can you prove gods exist?
@@Diana1000Smiles and can you prove that God does not exist?
Didn’t know Africa is a country to give citizenship
Praying that the government will fix it - there are the your 2 biggest problems.
God will help the ones that help themselves and the government will only help themselves.
@@olajong2315 that's funny
Isn't there procedures in place of building dams on international rivers?
LOL
Let's pray for all humanity in the name of jesus Christ Amen
Good news !
When the average family got 10+ mouths to feed, that's a lot of waste, of people just eating and sh**ing and very little can be done with development.
Damn, the accent of the interviewee is so thin. I almost cant catch up her words. She also speaks so fast.
Yeah, try not to build too close to the water.
Praying .
The idea of having a permanent home in one place produces much misery in this world.
If there are floods like this every decade why are they building there? What the. Lots of those people look older then 10.
So if Nigeria builds more dams, it should be able to rein in the floods?
This is crazy
Nigerian government: none of my business 😒....but make sure you vote for me in the next election 😉 for rapid development 😆 🤣 😂
'There's no reward in speaking the truth'
- KRS1
I don't think it is due to high rain fall. The point is that we have never planned for Any eventualities. There were clear warnings but nothing was done.
I pray for the Nigerian people in Jesus’ name. May our Father in heaven rescue the living and help them through their suffering and bereavement.
As high as the c02 and methane levels are I am shocked that there is not much more flooding.🤔.
May the universe bless them
you mean God. the universe? what does that even mean 😅😂
I bet they eventually rebuild in these floodplains and will act surprised when it floods again. Sad
Nigeria is one of the few nations still having 10 plus kids each. Even Bangladesh is averaged at 1.9 per women vs 5.1 in Nigeria.
The entire world used to be like that before technology allowed family planning to become louder than religion.
All four of my grandparents had 8-10 brothers and sisters as they were born around 1900 in Greece and Eastern Europe.
But none of those 40 people had more than 4 kids each once they had the ability to choose how many kids to have.
Nigeria was one of the main reasons why up to half of human population was projected to be on the African continent til the end of the century.
Shi yasa a turai suke fama rashin cigaban tattalin arzikin kasa saboda basu da sabbabin jini matasa.
@@bintahussein5632Nonsense.
@@bintahussein5632 the only continent struggling is Africa genius.
@@amehka5416 wawa
So Nigeria’s are responsable for their own misery.
I also feel responsible for other Earthlings. We are all in this together.
@@Diana1000Smiles , is it the responsibility of the world that Nigerians have refused to build a dam for decades?
Is it the responsibility of the world if Nigerians refuse to plan for proper regulation of seasonal floods?
The causes of the floods are "lack of infrastructure and poor planning".
@@Exxperiment626 , are you suggesting Ukrainians are responsible for the Russian invention and the Russian slaughtering of their population and destruction of their country ?
Really correct me if am wrong she studying about geographical/seasonal flooding happening in nigeria while residing and studying from inside Canada ??? You got to be kidding me
😂😂😂
She's studying theory. 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Very sad to see i hope their neighboring states come to their aid very soon. Floods are No joke Governments under estimate their destruction. Iwure! Adura
How come calabar and akwaibom are not flooded? Those other states don't have underground tunnels for drainage I blame their state governors
WHY DO THEY BUILD IN THE RIVER??
Do you not have a sink?
they don't . they built in the flood-planes , just as we do here in the netherlands , in the us , asia , and everywhere else - the soil is o.p. in these plains precisely because of the occasional flooding . the problem is that not every population has the money/resources to deal with the downsides of flooding .
Good
Thanks God, Karma is the best, scammers took $200 from me in Nigeria, they paid it back so well 😂😂
Wtf how can u say such there are millions of children, animals so many human but yr crude heart saying this
3:59, interesting
I hope the fighting stop .
2:41 the issue is right here
You mean lack of contraception due in part to religion?
Well it used to be a shortage of just condoms, the problem moved
@@ProudVermin absolutely
@@BvS.404 From condoms to what exactly? I mean i really don't understand the African continent sometimes. Large drawn out civil wars, poverty, famines, and let's not even get started on the HIV / AIDS epidemic.
Good, clean up scammers.
She knows the half-truth. I don't blame her because she is not in the country so she won't know much about the Nigeria and Cameroon agreement since 70s to checkmate this issue of flood in Nigeria.
Please no one should blame Government, let's find solutions to help, people are dieing
Welcome to earth
NIGERIANS ARE STRONG 💪 PEOPLE, THEY WILL GET PASSED THIS IN TIME. 😐😐😐😐
speaking from the netherlands , nigeria could and should already have had infrastructure similar to ours . the problem is that the *royal dutch* shell company has been paying next to nothing to nigerians whose oil they exploit . not sure where i'm going with this . . . sorry doesn't quite cover it , does it ?
You are correct. Nigeria is one of the richest countries on earth. The theft of its resources is criminal. They need to wise using its resources to build their country not the pockets of foreign corporations
Your words are well in line... now this is a country battling with Power generation forever.... a hydro electric dam can serve you multipurpose, generate electricy, hold up water and prevent flash floods, provide source of irrigations for farm lands.. also source for fishing.... yet leaders keep pocketing public funds and employing incompetent people in ministries
The problem is its Nigeria. Corruption is the rule rather than the exception. 100 million for infrastructure will go into the pockets of a few government officials and 2 percent will actually be spent on underfunded poorly engineered projects. Money is not the problem, corruption is.
Maybe.
@@lf1496 Until you stop blaming others (the bad white man, the foreign corporations, etc...) you will not succeed
This might wash away the scammers
Yes easier to build new housing away from flood planes. Can't stop nature. Also consider floating houses that float during floods.
First of all let me start by saying , My heart goes out to all family members who have lost love ones due to flooding! 2nd I pray for each and everyone there and ask Our God to Bless them!!! 3rd, Iam not sure why the Government not helping or helping more! These are human beings that needs help! Build a DAM!!!! To slow down the water! Please help them!!!
Anymore it seems it's flood or drought and feast or famine, no more just "normal."
Poor planning = all water reservoirs already full to the limit when the rainy season starts.
Don't worry, Shell will help the people they rule over !
*last seen 10 days ago*
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This is caused by our wicked politicians who don't care our country interest and not taking care of our rivers.
South eastern Nigerian flooding is nothing compared to what's going on in the south south .
Don't get me wrong both areas are affected but the reporting seems a bit biased towards the south east.
After pakistan,nepal and now Nigeria?something biblical is going on.
Where’s china and the Europeans that have invested ?
Some are talking about corruption, the others are about a dam.
Me: get the F off the river bed, live your life and let nature be nature.
The rivers do not "overflow". It is people that go and build houses on riverbanks which had shrunk over time. If you respect the river and its territory, you can avoid such situations.
Climate change is not the cause of this flood it the release of the water from the Lagdon dam in Cameroon and the heavy rain falls, Nigeria needs to complete constructing the Dasin Hausa dam that was to have commenced in 1982. There are 17 dams in Nigeria but I am very baffled to find out that there are no dams in the south east of Nigeria. Why?
Goodñ, it is so sad to see the suffering of my african brothers and sisters the creator is with you we will pray for nation people and country.Could the government use the army to build a dam and a steel door with a chain as blockage for the water we have it in the caribbean and it work for years ; this is time the army shuold use their skills to save life and use defence skills; then can do it if they try; using plane to take the people out .
imagine if there was climate change too??????
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flood crises God blees nigerian
What if there will be one in Sulaymaniyah/Slemani? All my cousins are there!
Would you step in? Be kind and share the love of God? Or will you ignore the call to help?
I’m sure everyone has any amount of money to help
According to meteorological experts Nigeria could be experiencing El nino rainfall season
So the questions that arise are
1. How will the rest of Africa be affected
Are we going to see similar flooding in Eastern, central and southern Africa?..
And how should countries prepare?
In Eastern Africa some countries such somalia, parts of Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya are experiencing droughts on end
All the same African countries needs to stand with and support our Nigerian brothers and sisters
Over to you meteorological experts to guide countries properly
All boils down to bad government, visionless leaders and bad planning
the great pacific garbage patch is several area of France
unfortunately we dont have a functioning government in Nigeria, just some bunch of clueless individuals. well that what you get when the most unqualified people are allowed to rule
The issues here are extreme poverty and corruption.. yawns...
The word she is looking for is "Drainage" systems. If she doesn't know that as an infrastructure designed by engineers, then she's talking a lot of nonsense. Even the host tried to get it out of her. Adequate drainage system with proper town/city planning
You cannot build on a floodplain except if you are planning to fish next on stilts in your bedroom. in the future.
What kind of researcher is she?
Nigeria. The biggest home off crooks in the world. Hard to feel sorry for people who have financially devastated so many innocents across the world.
“Suffering is better than stealing.” Funniest sentence I have ever heard coming from a Nigerian.
America is also the biggest home of drug addicts and porn stars yet we couldn't lump an entire country into one mould of these degenerates. Shows how low your IQ really is.
You must be a fool not to sympathize,if you are being scammed you deserve it
@@moharemohamed3554 When you die in floods you deserve it, scamming junk!