{"id":70595,"date":"2025-07-14T21:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70595"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:11:20","slug":"nimet-predicts-three-days-of-nationwide-rains-thunderstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/14\/nimet-predicts-three-days-of-nationwide-rains-thunderstorms\/","title":{"rendered":"NiMet Predicts Three Days of Nationwide Rains, Thunderstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has forecast three consecutive days of rain showers and thunderstorms across many parts of the country, beginning Monday, July 14.<\/p>\n<p>In a weather bulletin released Sunday, NiMet warned of changing weather patterns, including thunderstorms, moderate to heavy rainfall, and strong winds, especially in regions prone to downpours.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, morning thunderstorms are expected in parts of Yobe, Kano, Jigawa, and Bauchi, while heavier rain is forecast later in Adamawa, Taraba, Zamfara, Kebbi, Borno, and Yobe.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday and Wednesday will bring similar conditions across the North, with early storms in Adamawa, Gombe, and Kaduna, intensifying across other northern states by evening.<\/p>\n<p>Central Nigeria, including the FCT, Plateau, Kogi, Benue, and Niger, should expect cloudy skies in the mornings and thunderstorms later in the day throughout the forecast period.<\/p>\n<p>In the South and coastal areas, morning rains are expected daily in states like Anambra, Abia, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom, with heavier rain forecast for afternoons and evenings.<\/p>\n<p>NiMet urged the public to take precautions, warning of gusty winds and possible flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are advised to avoid driving in heavy rain, secure loose items, and stay safe during storms.<\/p>\n<p>Aviation operators are encouraged to seek real-time updates directly from NiMet for flight safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has forecast three consecutive days of rain showers and thunderstorms across many parts of the country, beginning Monday, July 14. In a weather bulletin released Sunday, NiMet warned of changing weather patterns, including thunderstorms, moderate to heavy rainfall, and strong winds, especially in regions prone to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70595","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=70595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70597,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70595\/revisions\/70597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}