{"id":88584,"date":"2021-11-15T08:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T07:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88584"},"modified":"2021-11-15T08:24:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T07:24:19","slug":"late-rain-cessation-nimet-blames-climate-change-allays-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/late-rain-cessation-nimet-blames-climate-change-allays-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Rain Cessation: NIMET Blames Climate Change, Allays Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m19448\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has allayed Nigerians fear over heavy downpour experienced across the country saying the late cessation of rainy season being\u00a0 experienced in Abuja and parts of the Central states is as predicted in the 2021 Seasonal Climate Predictions (SCP).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nThe director general of NiMET, Prof Mansur Matazu in a chat with journalists said there was no cause for worries as it was not the only time the country was witnessing late cessation of rain.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that in 2019 Abuja and environs recorded rainfall till 12th November adding that event was not new as being experienced saying that a similar occurrences took place in 2012 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>NiMet boss attributed the current event to high variability in the rainfall pattern as a result of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis current events in the recent past can be attributed to high variability in our rainfall pattern which is linked to Climate change.\u201d He continued, \u201cthe ENSO phase had shifted to LA Nina which favours late cessation of rains in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Matazu, cessation of rain is expected to occur in mid to late November across the Area Councils as contained in the 2021 SCP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs expected the la lina Enso phase favours enhanced rainfall and delayed cessation in some parts of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has allayed Nigerians fear over heavy downpour experienced across the country saying the late cessation of rainy season being\u00a0 experienced in Abuja and parts of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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