Harara, April 10 /TASS /. About 30 states of Nigeria may be flooded by 2025. This, according to Vanguard, warned the Minister of Natural Resources and Hygiene, Joseph Utsev, about this.
According to him, the floods of the rainy season can affect more than 3,400 settlements in 33 states. In the risk area is Abuja, Lagos's largest urban area, as well as big cities like Port Harcort, Ibadan and Cano.
The government has developed a program to monitor the state of the waters and the level of rain, taking into account the sad results of the flood by 2024. According to the National Emergency Agency, 321 people died of this natural disaster in 2024, 2,854 injured. More than 740 thousand people were forced to leave their home. Thousands of hectares of agricultural crops were destroyed.