
Lagos Flooding and the Coastal Highway: Experts Urge Fact-Based Dialogue
As seasonal flooding returns to Lagos, experts clarify the role of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in flood dynamics, urging public debate grounded in evidence.
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As seasonal flooding returns to Lagos, experts clarify the role of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in flood dynamics, urging public debate grounded in evidence.

Orange haze blanketed Toronto as smoke from 200 wildfires spread across Ontario, coinciding with a farm fire that killed 20,000 pigs.

Toronto's air quality has deteriorated to the worst in the world, surpassing major polluted cities, due to heavy wildfire smoke drifting from northern fires.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast cloudy and thundery weather from Wednesday to Friday, with flooding risks in Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River states.

Kruger National Park has been recognized as one of the world’s top 10 birdwatching destinations, joining renowned sites like Peru’s Manú National Park and Kenya’s Tsavo East.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited Almeria to meet with firefighters after a deadly wildfire killed at least 13, including five believed to be Britons. The British couple returned to the affected village.

Typhoon Bavi, the strongest storm to hit mainland China this year, brought heavy rains and strong winds to the eastern coast after moving from Taiwan.

At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in back-to-back earthquakes on June 24, with tens of thousands still unaccounted for, according to Venezuelan officials.

At least 12 people have died in a wildfire in Spain, with 23 others missing. Among the dead are believed to be at least four British nationals.

At least 900 venomous snakes, including cobras, have escaped from a breeding farm overtaken by severe flooding in China, as dozens of people have died in the disaster.

Seventeen people have died in tornado-related storms across central and southern China, as Typhoon Bavi moves toward Taiwan with winds near 200 kph, prompting nationwide preparedness measures.

A landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains has killed eight people, including seven children and a teacher, at a girls' school in a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh.

The Nigerian federal government has expressed sympathy following a deadly landslide in Gansu province, China, which occurred amid severe storms across the country.

Severe flooding caused by heavy rains has killed at least 74 people across Ghana and Ivory Coast, with authorities warning of worsening conditions.

Cross River State Governor Bassey Edet Otu calls for enhanced climate finance and subnational collaboration, as Village Capital disburses $500,000 to 32 African climate startups. Rural community knowledge in East Africa is highlighted as critical to climate adaptation.