Residents of flood prone areas advised to be at alert

Residents of flood prone areas in Anambra State have been advised to be at red alert over impending flood.
The Executive secretary of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Chief Paul Odenigbo who briefed journalists said this was due to signals received from the Nigeria Meteorological Institute(NIMET).

Odenigbo said the residents, who span six local governments in the state shoube be prepared to relocate whenever government alerts them to do so.
NIMET and and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency NIHSA had recently said there will be flooding in eight states across the country, including Anambra.
The local government areas predicted to witness flood include Ayamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha south, Anambra East and West. ‎