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NiMet predicts 3-day haze, thunderstorms across Nigeria

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast haziness and thunderstorms across parts of the country from Sunday to Tuesday. In its weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, the agency predicted moderate dust haze in the northern region as from yesterday Sunday, with horizontal visibility expected to range between two kilometres and five kilometres. It also warned that visibility could drop to 1,000 metres or less in parts of Katsina, Kano, and Jigawa states during the forecast period. According to NiMet, the North-Central region is expected to experience moderate dust…

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NiMet forecasts three-day thunderstorms, sunshine 

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet), has predicted thunderstorms and sunshine over the country from yesterday, Friday to Sunday. NiMet’s weather outlook, which was released on Thursday in Abuja, envisaged thunderstorms in the northern region on Friday, predicted light to moderate rains during the morning hours over parts of Taraba, Borno, Yobe, Jigawa and Bauchi States, while the remaining parts of the region would be sunny with patches of cloud. According to it, thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected during the afternoon or evening hours “In the central region, sunny skies…

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NiMet predicts 3-day rain, thunderstorms from Saturday

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet), in its weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja, has predicted early morning thunderstorms accompanied by rain starting from Saturday to Monday across Nigeria.  Early morning thunderstorms are expected over parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Adamawa states in the northern region. Thunderstorms with rain are anticipated over parts of Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, Borno, Kaduna, Sokoto, Gombe, and Bauchi states later in the day. “In the North-Central region, early morning thunderstorms are expected over parts of Benue, Plateau, Niger, the Federal Capital Territory, and…

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NiMet forecasts 3-day thunderstorms, rains from Monday

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet), has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Monday to tomorrow,  Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged morning thunderstorms yesterday with rains over parts of Taraba, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa and Kano States in the northern region. According to the agency, there are prospects of thunderstorms with rain over parts of Taraba, Kaduna, Sokoto, Borno, Kebbi, and Zamfara States later in the day. “In the North-central region, morning thunderstorms with rains are anticipated over parts of the…

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NiMET forecasts nationwide thunderstorms, cloudy weather from Sunday

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMET), has forecasted a mix of thunderstorms, sunny and cloudy weather conditions across various parts of the country from yesterday Sunday to Tuesday. In its weekly weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, the agency predicted that beginning from Sunday, May 18, there would be patches of cloud and thunderstorms in parts of Gombe, Bauchi, Kaduna, Taraba, and Adamawa States during the afternoon and evening. “For the North-Central region, expect sunny skies with isolated thunderstorms over parts of Kwara, Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, Benue, and Kogi States…

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“Therell be 3-days nationwide thunderstorms”, NiMet warns

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has released a weather outlook predicting thunderstorms nationwide from Monday, September 23, to Wednesday, September 25, 2024. The outlook forecast morning thunderstorms starting on Monday in some parts of Sokoto, Kebbi and Borno States, while parts of Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto States would experience the phenomenon later in the day. The statement added that: Thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Niger, Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau and Kwara states during the morning hours.…

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Severe floods threaten 31 States, 148 LGAs – Minister

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Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 local government areas (LGAs) across 31 States are among the highly probable flood-risk areas for 2024. Utsev issued this warning during the official unveiling of the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) on Monday, in Abuja. The theme of this years AFO is: Promoting the Use of Data Analytics and Modeling for Flood Risk Assessments and Food Security. The identified states are Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina,…

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Abuja, Kano residents, others face extreme danger of heat stroke NiMet

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned residents of most northern States, including Abuja, Kano, Sokoto and Kogi that they face extreme danger of heat stroke on Saturday if precautions are not taken. NiMet, in a Weather Warning for Heat Stress alert, released yesterday, categorised Nigerias 36 states and Abuja into five based on the potential for heat stress. The categories are: Normal, Caution, Extreme Caution, Danger and Extreme Danger. Most of the States fall into the extreme danger category for Saturday, with NiMet saying heat stroke or sunstroke highly…

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Flood: FG issues fresh alert to 25 States, FCT

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The Federal Government has warned residents of 25 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday, with the possibility of flash floods. The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Meter Geological Agency (NiMet) made this warning in a statement issued yesterday. According to NiMet, States expected to experience the heaviest rainfall are Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, and Kaduna. Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi, Enugu, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, and Abia are also expected to experience moderate to heavy rainfall. Anambra, Akwa-Ibom, Cross-River, Ebonyi,…

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NiMet predicts 3 days of heavy rains In FCT, Kaduna, 10 other States

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet), has warned Nigerians especially residents of 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) of the prospects of heavy rain that may last for three days. This is contained in the agency`s bulletin, titled: Heavy Rainfall Forecast Bulletin No: 2023005. The agency warned that the three-day heavy rain fall, which was expected to begin yesterday, would especially affect Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa, Taraba, Cross River, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta States and the FCT, and last till Friday, 12th May. It added that other States…

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