The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has issued a 3-day heavy rainfall alert in many Northern states and moderate to low rainfall in few Southern states.
According Daily Post, a multi-hazard impact based forecast released by NiMet, there would be low to moderate rainfall over Kwara, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Kogi, Rivers, Enugu states.
The three-day forecast shows that for Sunday 6th, August, there are high chances of heavy rainfall to affect parts of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, Borno, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau and Niger State.
Moderate to heavy Rainfall are very likely over parts of the FCT, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Taraba States.
Also the forecast said there would be heavy rainfall on Monday over few places especially parts of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa State while moderate to heavy rainfall should be expected over parts of Kaduna, the FCT, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Plateau, Taraba and Adamawa States.
Low to moderate rainfall was predicted in Nasarawa, Kogi, Plateau, Edo and Kaduna states.
During the forecast for Tuesday 8th August, NiMet said there are very slim chances of low to moderate rainfall especially over parts of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger, Kaduna, the FCT, Nasarawa, Plateau, Bauchi, Kano, Jigawa, Gombe and Borno states while elsewhere there is little or no risk of hydrometeorological hazard.
NiMet however warned of isolated cases of displacements of people due to flash floods, outbreaks of water-borne diseases, isolated cases of damage to weak structures, among others.
