The Lagos State Government Wednesday unveiled the 2014 seasonal rainfall prediction, which it said, revealed that the state would experience 263 days of rainfall with severe thunderstorms in 2014.
The state government, therefore, specifically urged all residents living on flood plains and wetlands to relocate to the upland area pending the 2014 rainfall prediction would last in December 2014.
The state’s Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello presented the seasonal rainfall at a news conference in Alausa, noting that the 2014 rainfall pattern would have grave socio-economic implication on the state.
At the conference, the commissioner explained that the total length of rainy season for 2014 in Lagos “has been predicted to be 263 days with a marginal error of nine days.