Lagos warns its residents of possible flooding, heavy rainfall

The Lagos State Government has warned residents to hole for imaginable flooding and supra mean rainfall expected during the 2026 rainy season.

The authorities Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, gave the informing connected Thursday during the Seasonal Climate Prediction briefing held successful Ikeja.

Wahab said, “weather forecasts bespeak that Lagos whitethorn acquisition heavier rainfall this year, with the rainy play expected to statesman successful precocious March and past until aboriginal December”.

According to him, the predicted mean yearly rainfall could scope astir 1,936 millimetres, which is higher than the semipermanent mean recorded successful erstwhile years.

He noted that areas specified arsenic Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island and Epe are apt to acquisition important rainfall during the period.

The commissioner warned that the expected dense rainfall could pb to flash floods, peculiarly successful low-lying communities, portion beardown winds whitethorn hap astatine the opening and extremity of the rainy season.

He urged residents to stay alert, debar blocking drainage channels and comply with biology regulations to trim the hazard of flooding.

Mr Wahab added that the authorities authorities has intensified flood power measures and is moving with applicable agencies to mitigate the interaction of the ...