International Journal of Engineering and Information Systems (IJEAIS)   Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Page No.: 85-96 A Breviloquent Review of the 2022 Flooding in Rivers State, Nigeria: Causes, Impact, and Panacea Download PDF Dr. Nwiyii, Blessing Joseph, Dr. Amanawa, David Ebiegberi, Dr. Micah Nyone Uelee Abstract: This article discusses floods in Rivers State, Nigeria, including their origins, effects, and potential solutions. Review of secondary data and in-depth content analysis comprised the methodology. The causes of flooding in Rivers State and many other areas worldwide include poor design, high or overly prolonged rainfall, human activity, and natural flooding through streams. Economic loss, illness breakout, tainted drinking water, difficulties with mental health, and settlement expansion are all effects of floods. The study discovered structural measures like check dams, levees, flood walls, and adequate drainage systems as well as non-structural measures like floodplain management, the banning of specific building types, elevating buildings in floodplains, routine drainage system inspection, sufficient public awareness, adherence to town planning regulations, and political intervention as the solution to flooding in Rivers State. According to the study's findings, flooding is a threat with a host of detrimental emotional, psychological, economic, and physiological effects and necessitates prompt human involvement to control, limit, and perhaps avoid its recurrence. The report suggested, among other things, that the Government at all levels should respond to the threat of flooding by becoming proactive rather than reactive.