Places wey Lagos state govment warn pipo to move from sake of flood

Lagos state govment don warn residents wey dey stay for flood prone areas make dem move to higher grounds, say more floods dey expected sake of di raining season.

Di state Commissioner for Environment Tokunbo Wahab on Tuesday while e dey speak wit Channels Television list some of di low-lying areas wey flood fit hit any moment and tell di communities to act sharp sharp to avoid disaster as di rains still dey come.

Dis dey come as flood hit some parts of Lagos on Monday, 5 August, afta one all night rainfall across di state and neighboring states.

Some pipo wey dey affected by di floods enta social media to post videos of di houses and property wey di flood affect.

For one of di videos, one woman dey use bucket pack water comot from her sitting room. For anoda video, di flood grow reach half of di houses of di victims. Di videos also show cars and streets wey floods take over completely.

According to di commissioner, govment dey try dia best to ensure say di effect of di floods no go dey too harsh, say dem dey open up gutters and gullies.

Di commissioner mention areas wey dey at risk as:

.Some parts of Lekki

.Some parts of Ikorodu

.Ajegunle

.Ajilete

.Majidun

.OPIC estate

E say areas like Epe, Mushin and Ikeja dey safe for now.

States wey rain and flood go affect according to Nimet

Meanwhile, di National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre for Federal Ministry of Environment Nigeria on Tuesday bin forecast say five days heavy rainfall go hapun and fit trigger flooding for 19 states and 76 locations for di country.

Di states include Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Cross River, Nasarawa, Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, Katsina, Kebbi, Kano, Borno, Plateau, Niger, Jigawa, Yobe, Zamfara, Sakoto and Gombe

Nigeria Meteorological Agency Nimet bin send out rain and flood warning to some states of di country and mention say Lagos go witness more rainfall dan wetin hapun for 2023.

According to Nimet, states wey go witness heavy rainfall include Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Dem say di rains go last between 250 to 290 days.

Nimet say Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Ebonyi, Anambra and Enugu go experience 200 to 250 days of rainfall.

For northern Nigeria, di rains go last between 110 to 150 days for Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno states.

Pipo wey flood pursue for dia house for Lagos