{"id":221463,"date":"2024-09-27T23:25:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T23:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/27\/flood-relocate-to-safe-locations\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T23:25:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T23:25:45","slug":"flood-relocate-to-safe-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/27\/flood-relocate-to-safe-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood: &#8220;Relocate To Safe Locations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, has urged Nigerians living around River Niger and River Benue banks to relocate to safe locations and secure their lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>NIHSA Director-General, Umar Mohammed, made this known in a statement released to the public on Friday, saying that the steady rise in water levels has reached the red mark.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the prolonged rainfall across the country has already led to devastating flash floods in several regions.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the agency\u2019s commitment, Umar reiterated NIHSA\u2019s mandate for effective water resource management.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe steady rise in the water levels of River Niger and Benue has gotten to the red mark. Relocate to safe locations and secure their lives and property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Flood Kills Two, Others Missing As Heavy Downpour Hits Oyo Communities (Pictures)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an effort to help save lives and property of Nigerians in order to abate flood impact, enhance food security, promote national resilience to flood thereby fostering sustainable water resources management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNIHSA will continue to monitor daily the water levels of our major rivers and tributaries, issuing flood warnings and alerts along with providing flood predictions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must heed the agency\u2019s warning by doing the needful, clearing our drainages and gutters as well as making way for water run-off.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1668659189\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, has urged Nigerians living around River Niger and River Benue banks to relocate to safe locations and secure their lives and property. 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