Tag: rainfall
Lokoja welcomes first rain in 2027
The rain, which was not preceded by a heavy cloud or thunderstorm, began without warning, forcing excited residents to take…
Lagos apologises to residents for dislocation over intensive rainfall
The Commissioner also sympathized with a resident of the State who reportedly lost loved ones as well as others who…
Flooding: Ogun warns Akute, Isheri, Mowe, Ibafo residents to vacate areas
Oresanya said the warning became imperative following the prediction of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency on the 2023 flood alert in…
Lagos and the coming rains
At the outset of the year, experts had predicted that Lagos would witness more rains than it has even experienced.…
Ibadan experiences first rain in 2020
The residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday recorded the first rain in 2020 at Oke-Itunu/Leventis and Mokola areas of…
Reasons you experience blackout during rainfall – AEDC
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), says that it cuts-off electricity supply most times when it rains to save lives,…
Expect rainfall in Abuja on Monday — NiMet
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm activities over most parts of…
Maiduguri records first rainfall in 2019
Residents of Maiduguri on Wednesday celebrated the first rainfall of the year recorded in the town, expressing relief that the…
Lagos records its first rainfall
Residents in some parts of Lagos metropolis on Sunday witnessed the first rainfall of the year at 12:30pm. The rain…
NiMet predicts cloudy weather, sunny, rain activities on Thursday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy to cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country…
China to force rainfall over an area 2X Nigeria
China is almost set to force rainfall and snow over 1.6 million sq km (620,000 sq miles), an area roughly…
2 students found dead in Lagos after heavy rain
Two male students of a private secondary school were picked up dead in the flood after a heavy rain in…
Residents jubilate over first rainfall
Residents of Zaria and its environs in Kaduna State on Thursday jubilated over the first rainfall in 2017.
Borno residents celebrate first rainfall in 2017
Residents of Maiduguri on Saturday celebrated the first rainfall of the year recorded in the town, expressing relief that the…
First rainfall in Lokoja injures 2 persons
Mixed blessings trailed the first rainfall this year in Lokoja as storm uprooted a tree, injuring a commercial motorcyclist and…
Lagos records first heavy rainfall in 2017
The first heavy rainfall in the Lagos metropolis on Monday has left in its wake flooding and traffic jam in…
Enugu records first rainfall in 2017
Enugu metropolis, on Monday, recorded its first rainfall of the year, which led to reduction in the temperature in the…
800 tourists stranded on Indian island amid heavy rains
The Indian Navy on Wednesday launched operations to evacuate 800 tourists stranded on an island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar…
Kano metropolis flooded after 10 hours rain
Some parts of Kano metropolis were flooded on Monday following prolonged rainfall. The rains, which began Sunday midnight, persisted till…
Asaba records first rainfall
Asaba and its environs in Delta registered its first rainfall on Monday night NAN reports. The rain, which started at…
As Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc In Lagos
In the last few years, torrential rains, accompanied by gale-forcewinds have wreaked havoc by leaving in its wake death and…
Now That The Rains Are Here
By Bilikis Bakare For generations, rainfall has been known to serve as showers of divine blessings as it had always…
Lagos To Experience 260 Days Of Rainfall
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State is to experience 260 days of rainfall this year, says the state government, with the maximum…
Emir Escapes From Boko Haram
A heavy rainfall late Monday night helped hundreds of residents of Gwoza, Borno State, who had been trapped on the…
Prepare For Heavier Rains, Lagos Warns Residents
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the rains keep falling almost everyday in Lagos, the State Government has alerted residents of the state…
Lagos To Have 263 Days Of Rainfall
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State is expected to witness 263 days of rainfall with severe thunderstorms and strong winds this year,…
50 Houses Collapse As Rain Wreaks Havoc
Following the torrential rain that fell for about 22 hours in Benin City on Monday, residents of the Edo State…
275 days of rains expected in Lagos, says Bello
Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial and industrial hub, is expecting between 249 days and 275 days of rains this year, Mr…
Rain wreaks havoc in Ibadan again
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN After less than three hours rain, Ibadan, Capital of Oyo State, South west Nigeria suffered yet another…
Rain Disrupts US Open Matches
Persistent rainfall forced the US Open officials to abandon play till late yesterday. Only two of the six scheduled singles…