The heavy rainfall can cause flash flooding, riverine flooding, soil erosion, thunder and lightning, and strong winds.
From the early hours of Friday, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency says, “extreme heavy rainfall” is expected over parts of Taraba and Adamawa states.
The forecast shows that this extreme rainfall can result in large-scale displacement of people due to floods, outbreaks of waterborne diseases, damages to infrastructure , loss of lives, injuries, reduction of visibility, interruption of vehicular traffic. Other parts of the country will experience little or no risk of hydrometeorological hazard, NiMet said.Elsewhere in the country, there is little or no chance of temperature-related hazards due to the low to moderate temperatures that are anticipated, the agency said.
“There are slim chances of moderately high temperatures especially over parts of Lagos, Ogun and Delta State,” the advisory read. “Elsewhere in the country, there is little or no chance of temperature-related hazards due to the low to moderate temperatures that are anticipated.”
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