The Federal Ministry of Environment’s National Flood Early Warning Center (FEW Center) has issued a contemporary alert to Adamawa and eight different northern states over doable flooding.
A round signed by the Director, Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone Management Department, Usman Abdullahi Bokani, on Monday in Abuja, warned that a number of northern settlements might expertise heavy rainfall and flooding between August 25 and 29, 2025.
Bokani urged stakeholders on the centre’s platform to offer well timed suggestions on any rising conditions, noting that Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States had been positioned on purple alert.
Other states on the record embody Sokoto and Zamfara, with Makira and Anka cities particularly highlighted.
Adamawa and Katsina recorded the very best variety of cities flagged. In Adamawa, Mubi, Shelleng and Abba-Kumbo had been named, whereas in Katsina, Katsina city, Kaita and Bindawa had been listed.
In Jigawa, Gwaram city was recognized, whereas different cities positioned on the watchlist embody Nafada (Gombe), Ngala (Borno), Sumaila (Kano), Anka (Zamfara) and Makira (Sokoto).
Bauchi State additionally has Azare and Jama’are on the FEW Center’s watchlist.
The director recalled that simply final week, the middle had issued further flood warnings to cities throughout seven northern states and cautioned that with water ranges rising on River Niger, communities alongside the flood plains from Jebba to Lokoja ought to evacuate.
