NIHSA points flood alert for 28 states, 739 communities

The Nigeria Hydrological Companies Company (NIHSA) has issued a contemporary flood alert for 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory, warning of a excessive threat of flooding in over 739 communities and 162 Native Authorities Areas between Tuesday and August 5, 2025.

This was contained in a press release issued to newsmen by NIHSA’s Director Common, Umar Mohammad, who defined that the alert adopted the company’s forecast.

This, Uman stated, was in keeping with the company’s 2025 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) launched on April 10, 2025.

In keeping with the assertion, NIHSA supplies weekly flood alerts to focus on areas more likely to expertise flooding.

States on the alert checklist included Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, FCT, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara and Lagos.

Others had been Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, and Yobe.

The company urged emergency administration stakeholders to activate preparedness and response mechanisms.

“The depth and influence of the floods will differ throughout the affected states in the course of the forecast interval,” it stated.

The company stated the warning coated 28 states, starting from Adamawa by way of to Yobe within the North East.

It added that key metropolitan areas such because the FCT and Lagos State had been included.

The company warned of the potential disruption of over 100 main transportation routes, together with essential financial corridors.

Such corridors, it stated, included Okene-Lokoja-Abuja Street, Birnin Kebbi-Bunza Street, Ibi-Wukari Street, and key routes inside Lagos, FCT, and Niger Delta.

The assertion added: “There may be additionally an elevated threat of property injury to properties, companies, and demanding infrastructure in low-lying and flood-prone areas.

“As well as, agricultural lands are underneath menace, probably affecting meals safety in a number of areas.”

NIHSA strongly suggested all emergency administration stakeholders to activate preparedness and response protocols, whereas at-risk communities ought to implement evacuation plans at once.

It urged Nigerians to observe weekly updates by way of NIHSA’s Flood Dashboard web site: www.nihsa.gov.ng, and social media platforms.