To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video At least six people have died as dams fail to hold back ...

A double-deck steel construction trestle running the length of the 4,650-ft dam crest carried a roadway and rail line and was topped with six 22-ton capacity traveling hammerhead cranes with 360 ...

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 ...

But authorities in Ha Giang City close to the Chinese border warned on Wednesday that water discharged from a Chinese dam could increase levels in the Lo River, a Red River tributary, according to ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital, has been severely flooded after the Alau Dam collapsed on Tuesday morning, leaving much of the city underwater. The current flooding is being compared to the ...

The flood is reportedly due to the overflow of the Alau Dam, which has been filled to capacity for the past week. In a statement issued early Tuesday, titled “Flooding Alert for River Bank Residents,” ...

These sudden releases occur when a dam holding back water adjacent to a glacier fails. These dams can be made either of the ice of the glacier itself or of rocky material deposited by a past ...