The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Niger has again alerted four local government areas of impending floods.

Zainab Sa’idu, head, NEMA, Minna operations office, who gave the warning in a statement in Minna on Thursday, said the areas are, Mokwa, Shiroro, Lavun and Borgu.

She urged residents of those areas to beware of impending flood in this season.

Mrs Sa’idu said the aforementioned local governments are expected to experience high flooding between July and Nov.

She said the warning was coming as a result of the annual flood outlook released by Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency (NIHSA), where the council areas were identified as high flood-risk areas.

Mrs Sa`idu said that other local government areas like Edati, Gbako, Wushishi, Rafi, Mashegu, Magama, and Agwara would experience might also experience high levels of flood in July and Nov.

She said the state had started experiencing floods and windstorms in these areas and called on the people to take serious precautions to avoid losses.

Mrs Sa’idu urged residents of the areas to ensure that drainages were kept clean to avoid blockage of waterways and channels and advised those living on flood plains and river banks to relocate to higher grounds.

According to her, there are indications that water levels along river Niger were rising, which will raise water levels along its tributaries, leading to an overflow of water to affect settlement around the rivers.

She said that the agency would continue to sensitise Nigerians on flood disasters and appealed to the people to heed the warnings so as to save lives and property.

(NAN)