{"id":123002,"date":"2020-07-10T14:43:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T13:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=123002"},"modified":"2020-07-10T14:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T13:43:29","slug":"there-will-be-flood-in-28-states-says-nema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/there-will-be-flood-in-28-states-says-nema\/","title":{"rendered":"There will be flood in 28 states, says NEMA"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says there will be flood in 102 local government areas in 28 states across the country.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Friday, Muhammadu Muhammed, NEMA director-general, said the yearly seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) and annual flood outlook (AFO) released by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) predicted the floods in June.<\/p>\n
The director-general said Kaura and Zaria local government areas in Kaduna state are among the high-risk areas.<\/p>\n
Muhammed said state emergency management agencies should sensitise residents and be ready to evacuate communities.<\/p>\n
He also advised governments to organise state humanitarian coordination forum meetings in order to prepare stakeholders for mitigation and response to floods when they hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat refuse, weeds, water hyacinths should be removed from drainages, water channels and all avenues for river run-offs so as to allow free flow of flood waters,\u201d the director-general said.<\/p>\n
In June, floods took over parts of Lagos. Marina, Lekki, Dopemu, Iyana-Ipaja, Egbeda, Ikeja and Ajah were some of the areas affected by the floods in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says there will be flood in 102 local government areas in 28 states across the country. In a statement on Friday, Muhammadu Muhammed, NEMA director-general, said the yearly seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) and annual flood outlook (AFO) released by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) predicted the floods in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":123003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,15,2],"tags":[3748,54523,3740,38008],"yoast_head":"\n