Climate

[This Day]There were concerns in the Senate last week over the perceived indifference of both the federal and state governments to imminent flood disaster in the country this year. These concerns arose from the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) prediction of 100 per cent increase in rain volume in 2013. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]As the rainy season picks up, the North Central Zonal Office of the National Emergency Agency (NEMA) has embarked on a disaster risk management campaign in order to mitigate the effect of the flood predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) this year. In this interview, the NEMA Coordinator in the zone, Mr. Mohammed Abdulsalam, speaks on the preparedness of the agency in the zone to avoid a repeat of the 2012 flood disaster. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Observer]The Ministry of Agriculture with support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) recently organised a two-day sensitisation for lady councilors' and members of the Village Development Committees on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Adaptation to Climate Change. The sensitisation was held at the Rural Farmers' Agricultural Training Centre at Jenoi village in Jarra West District of the Lower River Region. (AllAfrica)

[New Era]The Topnaar and Hai//om minority communities still possess extensive traditional knowledge on natural resources in the areas inhabited by them. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald]ATMOSPHERIC concentrations of carbon dioxide have broken the 400 parts per million level at several stations of the World Meteorological Organisation across the world, heightening the need for radical action to arrest emissions growth and limit climate change damage. (AllAfrica)

[UN News]With dire warnings likely to match or exceed the worst fears about the effects of global warming, environment and development experts gathered today at United Nations Headquarters to debate the twin challenge of curbing climate change while sustaining economic growth. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]Tana River county will have a Disaster Management and Cohesion department to handle calamities in the area each year.Speaking to the Star yesterday, governor Hussein Dhadho said the department will be well funded to deal with disasters. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]The Bayelsa State post-flood management committee says the state has taken necessary steps to mitigate the impending floods as predicted by the Nigerian Metrological Services (NIMET). (AllAfrica)

[The Star]THE government has embarked on a 20-year mitigation strategy to end perennial flood menace in Kisumu county. Permanent secretary for Special Programs Andrew Mondoh said the strategic plan will be implemented in three phases. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]MORE than 5,500 pupils have not reported to school in Tana River county since the floods begun paralysing learning activities in the area. (AllAfrica)

[Radio Dabanga]Kalma Camp -Camps for displaced persons near Nyala in South Darfur are in dire need of tarpaulins and tents with the approaching rainy season. The existing equipment is worn, broken, and offers inadequate protection "even from light rain". (AllAfrica)

[Shabait]Asmara -In its meeting today, the Cabinet of Ministers held discussion regarding the all-round preparations underway for this year's rainy season vis-?-vis weather forecast and the necessary resources thereof. (AllAfrica)

[New Era]Windhoek -The Kalimbeza national rice project has endured huge losses of its short rice variety due to heavy floods experienced in the Caprivi Region. This year's floods also displaced thousands of people in the flood-prone region. (AllAfrica)

[UN News]In the face of "clear and present danger," the United Nations climate change body is warning that a stepped-up coordinated response is needed to fend off the impacts of climate change after the world's carbon-dioxide concentrations surpassed their highest level in 4 million years. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]Awka -A FAMILY of three, a couple and their only daughter, narrowly escaped death, Tuesday night, when a communication mast pulled down by rainstorm landed on their house at Udoka Housing Estate in Awka, Anambra State. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]SIXTY households consisting of two hundred people from Mudondo village in West Ugenya locationin Siaya county have been displaced from their homes by floods. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has said that the availability of accurate and reliable hydrological data and information would assist the country overcomes the menace of flooding. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Observer]28 Ozone officers from 27 countries are currently converging on the Sunswing Hotel for the 19th Ozone Officers' Network meeting for English speaking countries in Africa. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Observer]Nbr -The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture continued its community-based step-down training initiative on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change for Gambian farmers with training programmes held recently in the North Bank and Upper River Regions respectively. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]SEVERAL people have been displaced and students of a secondary school sent home after floods swept homes and the institution last Saturday evening. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Cameroonian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Salaheddene A. Ibrahim, said Cameroon and Nigeria would construct a hydraulic structure on the tribulation of River Benue in order to regulate flow of water from it and to prevent flood disaster from affecting both countries during this year's raining season. (AllAfrica)

[ANGOP]Lubango -The governor of the southern Hu?la province, Jo?o Marcelino Tyipinge has set up a multi sector committee to inquire into the damage caused by the drought in the eight of the 14 districts of the province, a situation that may trigger a possible food shortage to more than 598,000 people. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]FEAR and panic has griped parts of Mt Elgon following mudslides and boulders that have hit many homes.Three houses that are on the way of the water channels have caved in, but no casualties have been reported. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]LEARNING at Nyora and Kabuto Primary Schools in Nyatike district has been disrupted after the destruction of classrooms following seven weeks of floods. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]The body of a girl who disappeared two days ago following heavy rains in Baringo has been retrieved by the Kenya Red Cross. The 14-year-old girl's body was found at River Lawina Mboo in Sangarao location in Baringo. However, a 45-year-old man who went missing with the young girl is yet to be found. (AllAfrica)

[State Department]Washington -The Arctic Ocean covers roughly 9 percent of the Earth's surface and its chemistry is changing, growing more acidic in ways that will affect marine ecosystems. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]Nigerian civil society groups under the aegis of Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, PACJA, has underlined the urgency and importance of environmental sustainability insisting that the post 2015 framework must firmly entrench responses to climate change. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]FLOODS have swept away several bridges in Migori county. County residents fear for their lives as flash floods continue to wreak havoc. More than 10 people have been killed in the county. (AllAfrica)

[New Vision]As the number of people affected by Kasese floods sores to over 25, 000, the Danish embassy has released sh130m to the Uganda Red Cross society to help resettle the victims. (AllAfrica)

[New Times]Government has postponed, until September, the eviction of residents living in areas regarded as prone to disasters. The initial ultimatum passed on April 30. (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM]Nairobi Kenya -The flood situation along the River Nyando Basin in Nyanza has worsened after the river burst its banks, displacing more than 1,000 people. (AllAfrica)