NEMA warns Kebbi residents of flooding ahead rainy season

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has alerted residents of Kebbi State to imaginable flooding and different weather-related hazards up of the 2026 rainy season.

The informing followed projections contained successful the 2026 Seasonal Climate Prediction by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the 2026 Annual Flood Outlook issued by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).

In a connection issued on Friday in Birnin Kebbi, the Head of NEMA Sokoto Operations Office, Tukur Abubakar, said Kebbi was among the states classified arsenic precocious flood-risk areas for 2026.

According to the statement, the authorities is expected to acquisition heavier rainfall than successful 2025, with imaginable flash floods successful respective communities.

“Kebbi has been classified among Nigeria’s precocious flood-risk states for 2026 and is projected to acquisition flooding nether high, mean and low-risk categories crossed assorted communities,” the connection said.

The bureau besides warned of imaginable windstorms astatine the onset of the rainy play and advised residents successful riverine and low-lying communities to stay vigilant and comply with flood warnings and evacuation directives wherever necessary.

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