{"id":66775,"date":"2025-05-28T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66775"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:05:06","slug":"nimet-issues-3-day-heavy-rainfall-alert-for-abuja-kaduna-ondo-imo-10-other-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/28\/nimet-issues-3-day-heavy-rainfall-alert-for-abuja-kaduna-ondo-imo-10-other-states\/","title":{"rendered":"NiMet Issues 3-Day Heavy Rainfall Alert for Abuja, Kaduna, Ondo, Imo, 10 Other States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has issued a three-day weather alert predicting moderate to heavy rainfall across 14 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from Wednesday, May 28 to Friday, May 30.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest weather bulletin, NiMet listed the affected areas as Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Ondo, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Imo, Abia, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger, and the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>The agency warned that the anticipated downpours may be accompanied by strong winds and could lead to flash flooding, especially in areas with poor drainage or those prone to water accumulation.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and motorists are strongly advised to avoid driving through floodwaters, as surface runoff may appear shallow but can be extremely dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>NiMet also cautioned the public to be wary of slippery roads and reduced visibility, which may disrupt vehicular movement and increase the risk of road accidents during the rain.<\/p>\n<p>As the rainy season intensifies, NiMet urged residents in the forecasted areas to stay alert, follow official weather advisories, and take preventive measures to reduce the risk and impact\u00a0of\u00a0flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has issued a three-day weather alert predicting moderate to heavy rainfall across 14 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from Wednesday, May 28 to Friday, May 30. In its latest weather bulletin, NiMet listed the affected areas as Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Ondo, Edo, Akwa Ibom, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66777,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66775\/revisions\/66777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}