Flood: NiMet raises fresh alarm, places FCT, Benue, 25 other states on red alert

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has issued a caller flash flood informing for 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

The bureau placed Bauchi, Jigawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, and Kogi among the bluish states astatine precocious hazard of flooding betwixt July 11 and July 20, 2026.

According to NiMet, the heightened flood hazard is owed to persistent rainfall presently being recorded crossed the nation.

NiMet said the flooding near soils crossed galore parts of the state afloat saturated and incapable to sorb further rainwater.

The informing was contained successful the NiMet’s Probable Flash Flood Risk Map for the Second Dekad, July 11–20, 2026 made disposable to reporters on Sunday.

Other states identified arsenic susceptible see Kwara, Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Delta, Edo, Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, and Bayelsa, arsenic good arsenic the Federal Capital Territory.

NiMet explained that the operation of continuous rainfall and already waterlogged crushed conditions is expected to trigger wide flash floods.

It expressed...