UPDATED: 13 states to witness increased flooding, says agency
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency on Monday said that 13 states across the country will witness increased floods following the rise in the water levels of Nigeria’s two major rivers – River Niger and River Benue.
Nze said that latest information received on September 6, 2019, from the headquarters of the NBA in Niamey, Niger Republic, confirmed steady rise into the Red Alert Zone up to 6.26 metres of the flood level of River Niger monitored in Niamey. “This development was promptly communicated to Mr. President through the Minister of Water Resources. The flood sighted in Niger Republic was expected to arrive the Nigerian border through Kebbi state around 16th of September, 2019, would finally find its way down to Kwara, Niger, Kogi, Edo, Anambra, Rivers and Bayelsa state.
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