Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria.

Global warming intensified the rainy season in many African countries in 2024, sparking deadly floods, according to scientists. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) network said on Wednesday that ...

As global leaders convene for the COP29 climate conference today, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns of ...

This year’s floods killed around 1,500 people and displaced over 1 million more in West and Central Africa, according to the U.N. aid agency OCHA. The rainfall also overwhelmed dams in Nigeria ...

West Africa’s coastal nations are bracing for deadly floods from their northern neighbors to sweep south, but money is tight and they face double jeopardy from rain as the wet season sets in ...

Monsoon Havoc Exposes West and Central Africa's Rising Flood Risks By Mahamat Ramadane and Alessandra Prentice N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Father-of-seven Dah Toubada Kadapia stood on a stack of ...

Around 10 million children across four countries in west and central Africa are being kept out of school due to massive regional flooding, international charity Save the Children said Tuesday. The ...

Climate Change Worsened Rains in Flood-Hit African Regions, Scientists Say (Reuters) - Devastating rains that triggered deadly floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months ...