The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) have said that Nigerians should prepare for more flood in the coming days.
Prof. Mansur Bako, Director-General of NiMET disclosed this at a workshop on Tuesday.
He said from information gathered, more floods will be seen on the North Central and Southern States of the country.
“…So in terms of the rainfall induced floods, we’ve seen the peak but remember we told you that this rainwater gets collected into the reservoirs and dams, and whenever they are filled, it gets spilled. So, on the13th of September, the Lagbo Dam was released. And also Kainji and Shiroro dams were also were released. So what we’re witnessing now is riverine flooding” Prof. Matazu said
“And from the information we’re getting from NIHSA we’re going to see more floods. And now the rain is concentrating on the North Central and the southern states. So that will be a combination of short duration, high intensity rain, which riverine flooding. So we’re going to see more of these floods in the north central states as we are seeing in Kogi and also south eastern and southwestern states as we are beginning to see in a number of parts of South West,” he added.
