The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has sent out warnings to Nigerians of possible flooding in some states in September calling on them to take precautionary measures.
The General Manager, Public Relations, NiMet, Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim, in a statement which was made available to Africa Today News, New York on Monday disclosed that there may be possible flooding in some states that have experienced high amounts of rainfall in July and August this year.
‘Based on the rainfall distribution and rainfall amounts recorded in the country during the month of August 2022, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has warned of possible flooding in some states that have experienced high amounts of rainfall in July and August this year.
‘The saturated state of the soil moisture across the country in the month of July and heavy rainfall recorded in August may put most places to experience varying degrees of flooding activities ranging from high, medium, low and flash flood for the month of September.
The report further revealed that “Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna, Jigawa, Bauchi, Kano, Borno, Gombe and Nasarawa states recorded over 300mm, which represent over 40% of Long – term Normal of those places in one month.
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Places around the southwestern part of the country however recorded less than 200mm as a result of the long dry spell associated with August Break over those areas’.
‘It further stated that places with major river channels may experience probable high risk of flood events due to accumulation of water already on the river channels which may not be able to contain any additional water.
The NiMet listed states that are prone to high risk of flooding this Month of September to include Kebbi and Jigawa in the northwest, Borno, Bauchi and Taraba in the northeast, Plateau in north central and Bayelsa in the South-south.