Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has advised Lagos, Edo, and 32 other states to prepare for flash floods.
Gatekeepers News reports that the weather forecast agency has warned the governments in 34 states of the federation to prepare for flash floods in the next three days.
NiMet General Manager (Public Relations) Muntari Ibrahim gave this warning in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to the statement, moderate and heavy rainfall that could trigger flash floods, which is expected to have started in some parts of the country on Tuesday would last till Thursday.
The states include Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe, Kebbi, Niger, FCT, Plateau, Adamawa, Taraba, Kwara, Oyo, Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra, Abia, and Rivers.
The agency while urging the states to sensitise the residents, warned that flash floods on roads, settlements, farmlands, and bridges could cause road crashes.
It also cautioned the public of the listed states to take heed and avoid damages from rain related hazards occasioned by the predicted flash floods.
The agency, therefore, advised Nigerians not to ignore the latest prediction, stressing that the previous three-day forecast issued towards the end of July was 100 per cent accurate with disheartening tales of woes from the affected persons and communities.
