The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday advised residents of Makurdi, Benue State capital to relocate to higher grounds over the rising level of River Benue. The image of the river water level on a marker which was shared with journalists by NEMA indicated that the water had risen to an “emergency level,” meaning there is a high tendency of flooding incidents in the area.
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the water level of River Benue is still below the emergency level. Pictures of the water level marker on River Benue which were shared with journalists on Tuesday showed that there was no danger of flooding yet. “The close shot shows the level is still under emergency level,” Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA Lagos territorial coordinator, said on Tuesday.
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Following plan to release water from the Lagdo dam in Cameroon, some states hinted yesterday that they had begun taking action to halt the tide of severe flooding. The Cameroonian government informed the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in a letter sent over the weekend of its intention to release water from the Lagdo dam […]