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'FEMA fully prepared to respond': Trump says ahead of historic winter stor
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Ahead of the historic winter storm that would affect most of the United States over the weekend, US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the administration is coordinating with state and local officials, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ready to respond.
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Hurricane Melissa: Caribbean countries brace for catastrophic floods, land
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and the Bahamas were opening shelters and making other emergency preparations as experts warned that Hurricane Melissa could become the strongest storm to make landfall in Jamaica's recorded history, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency M
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40 missing, 10 rescued as boat capsizes in Nigeria
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) deployed its response team to support ongoing rescue operations following the mishap.
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Kristi Noem voted as US Homeland Security Secretary, will be crucial for T
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Noem, who has been serving as Governor of South Dakota since 2019, is a former state legislator and four-term congresswoman. She will now be tasked with leading Homeland Security, a sprawling department that oversees agencies such as US Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Custo
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US: President Trump visits California amid wildfires, mulls abolishing FEM
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Trump, while on a walking tour of the wildfire-hit Palisades neighbourhood with First Lady Melania Trump, said the damage is "not even believable."
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School building collapse during exam claims 21 lives in Nigeria
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the two-story building crumbled in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, leaving an additional 30 individuals hospitalised.
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Nigeria: At least 18 people killed, 48 others injured in bomb blasts in Bo
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The first blast occurred at a wedding ceremony at about 3 pm (local time) on Saturday. Then, another blast took place at General Hospital Gwoza and a third at a funeral.
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Nigerian military drone attack mistakenly kills 85 civilians
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Nigerian Military that uses drones to target rebels, mistakenly killed at least 85 civilians gathered for a religious celebration in Tudun Biri village of Kaduna state's Igabi council area, as reported by Al Jazeera.
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Nigeria: 6 killed, dozens injured in train-bus crash in Lagos
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Train and truck accidents are common in many Nigerian cities where traffic regulations are usually not adhered to, say local residents.
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1 killed in building collapse in Nigeria's economic hub
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 21 (ANI/Xinhua): At least one person lost his life and another was injured on Saturday after a two-story building collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub.
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Death toll in Nigeria's gas explosion rises to nine: official
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 18 (ANI/Xinhua): A rescue official has confirmed that nine people died and 10 others were injured in a gas explosion that occurred in the early morning of Tuesday in Nigeria's northwest state of Kano.
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At least 8 killed in building collapse in Nigeria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least eight people were killed when a three-story building collapsed on Sunday night in Nigeria's southwest Lagos state, an emergency management official said Monday.
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