Environment:
Lagos Alerts Residents To Heavy Rainfall, Flash Floods, Rising Water Levels
The update advised communities within the affected locations to maintain immediate flood watch, identify evacuation routes and protect vulnerable households.
FILE PHOTO: Lagos residents urged to “avoid settlement or trading activities within active floodplains, low-lying drainage corridors and riverbank areas.”
The Lagos State Government has warned that some parts of the state may experience heavy rainfall, rising water levels, riverbank overflows and flash floods between June 14 and June 21, 2026.
The State Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Mahamood Adegbite, citing a flood prediction update issued by the Federal Ministry of Environment, listed the affected areas as Apapa, Badagry, Epe and Eti-Osa.
Other locations identified include Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ikoyi, Lagos Island, Lekki, Ojo, Orile-Agege, Surulere, Agege, Alimosho and Kosofe.
The flood prediction update, signed by the Director of Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone Management, Usman Bokani, classified the listed areas as “Critical Risk Areas.”
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The update advised communities within the affected locations to maintain immediate flood watch, identify evacuation routes and protect vulnerable households.
It also urged residents to “avoid settlement or trading activities within active floodplains, low-lying drainage corridors and riverbank areas.”
However, the Lagos State Government assured residents of the affected communities and the state at large that there was no cause for panic, stressing that it has continued year-round maintenance and clearing of primary and secondary drainage channels.
According to the government, these proactive measures have helped prevent any devastating impact associated with heavy rainfall since the onset of this year’s rainy season.
“These proactive steps have ensured that the state has not suffered any devastating effect that comes with heavy rainfalls since the advent of the rains this year,” the statement added.
Environment: Lagos Alerts Residents To Heavy Rainfall, Flash Floods, Rising Water Levels
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