Niger Communities Warned of Impending Flooding in September
Communities in the downstream of the three hydro electric dams of Niger State have been advised to take proactive measures to avoid the negative effects of the flooding predicted for September 2019.
Specifically, the Assistant General Manager, Hydrological and Dam Maintenance of the company, Mr Bola Akanbi, said: “We will have high magnitude of flood between August and September. Shiroro should brace up for this high magnitude flood this year.” They alerted the people to the fact that weather predictions in the country had in the last three years have come to pass and as such, people should not take these predictions for granted.
Madu disclosed that in 2012, 363 people were killed by flood across the country with 3,871,053 displaced and 5,851 injured.
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