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Stormy rains expected this year might destroy houses and \u00a0trees across the country, a meteorologist has predicted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Temi Ologunorisa Ologunorisa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos that \u00a0 though the early rains would lead to bumper harvest, it would wreak havoc on \u00a0communities along the coastal areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCommunities, especially those along the coastal areas and deforested parts of the country would be exposed to damaging storms.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHouses with old and not properly designed roofs would be blown away, thereby \u00a0exposing inhabitants of such areas to terrible rainstorm disasters,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ologunorisa is the Director, Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Studies, Osun State University, Osogbo.<\/span><\/p>\n

He explained that the damaging storms would be caused by \u201creversal in the movement of thunderstorms and line squall\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meteorologist therefore, urged governments at all levels to fashion out measures to mitigate the impact of the storms on the people and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also advised estate developers to ensure that houses were roofed with \u201cenvironmentally friendly\u201d designs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe expected damaging storms is traceable to the prevailing effects of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe therefore, need to change our roofing patterns to \u00a0be able to accommodate heat, storms and other climate related problems,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ologunorisa decried the high rate of deforestation across the country, saying that the absence of trees would worsen the effects of the storms on the people.<\/span><\/p>\n

He urged governments, private organisations and individuals to be committed to planting trees in deforested areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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