{"id":72222,"date":"2025-08-06T06:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72222"},"modified":"2025-08-06T06:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:03:34","slug":"fg-issues-5-day-flood-alert-in-19-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/fg-issues-5-day-flood-alert-in-19-states\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Issues 5-Day Flood Alert in 19 States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has issued a five-day flood alert, warning that 19 states across Nigeria may be affected by heavy rainfall and rising water levels.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement on Monday, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said flash floods are likely between Tuesday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>States at risk include Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Delta, Anambra, Kogi, and Cross River.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in low-lying areas have been urged to stay alert and prepare for possible evacuation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also advised state and local governments to activate emergency response systems and clear blocked drainages to reduce the impact.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers and commuters were cautioned to monitor weather updates and avoid flood-prone routes and farmlands during the warning period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The Federal Government has issued a five-day flood alert, warning that 19 states across Nigeria may be affected by heavy rainfall and rising water levels. In a joint statement on Monday, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said flash floods are likely between Tuesday and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72222","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\/72222","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72224,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72222\/revisions\/72224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}