The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), has issued 13 states a red alert on the impending flood this year.
The Director-General of NIHSA, Clement Nze, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja, said 13 states in the country should be at alert against flood following the rising levels of River Niger and River Benue
Nze named Kebbi, Niger,Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Edo, Anambra, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Taraba and Benue as being among states to experience flooding this year.
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He said Nigeria was on flood red alert and that the flood sighted in the Niger Republic was expected to arrive the Nigerian border through Kebbi State yesterday.
According to him, this was also because of the steady rise of the River Benue owing to the local rainfall with attendant heavy inflows from the tributaries of the river.
He warned that water from six of the nine countries that make up the Niger Basin Authority was pouring into the country and could lead to severe flooding in those states.
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