The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has warned of a possible heavy rainfall and thunderstorm in some parts of the country in the days to come.
The General Manager, Public Relations, Mr Ibrahim Muntari, issued the warning in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday.
Muntari explained that in a three day forecast released by the Central Forecast Office (CFO), today, observed that thunderstorms were expected over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi and Kaduna.
According to him, other places are Jigawa, Gombe, Kano and Yobe states. Also, parts of Niger, FCT and Nasarawa also have prospects of thunderstorm and intermittent rains.
The Spokesperson further noted that there were chances of moderate to heavy rainfall in over parts of Benue, Bauchi, Plateau, Southern Borno, Gombe and Southern Yobe.
Muntari added that cloudy conditions and light rains were expected over the rest of the country.
He said: “As a result of the expected heavy rainfall and presence of good amount of soil moisture over most places in the next couple of days.
“There are chances of flooding of roads, low lying settlements, stream and river channels, disruption of traffic due to flood or closed roads.
“Other effect is the reduction in flight visibility, possible delay in flight operations, damage to mud houses and make shift structures, possible damage to roads and bridges.”
Muntari said the agency, therefore, advised the public to exercise restraint and wait till after the rains to commute.
He assured that NiMet would continue to monitoring and update on any changes in the weather pattern.
