{"id":18405,"date":"2024-02-22T08:02:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/fct-experiences-first-rain-of-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T08:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:02:39","slug":"fct-experiences-first-rain-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/fct-experiences-first-rain-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT experiences first rain of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, experienced the first rainfall in 2024 in the early morning of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that the light rain, which started half hour into the new day, about 12:30 am, lasted about 25 minutes, stopping at 12:55 am.<\/p>\n<p>The unexpected rain, which was devoid of lightning, heavy winds and thunderstorms, was witnessed at Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, Garki in Abuja Municipal Area Council.<\/p>\n<p>The rain was also witnessed in Dutse, Zuba, Bwari, Gwagwalada and Mararaba.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the areas expressed mixed feelings over the rain.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Anna Jonah, a resident of Kubwa, said the unexpected rain brought a temporary succour from the heat wave experienced in the past few days.<\/p>\n<p>She, however, expressed worry that because the rain was light, a delay in another rain might intensify the heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the rain started, I was lying down on tiled-floor in my room to get some relief from the heat and I had also taken cold bath twice because of sweats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, after the rain, I moved to the bed with my husband and we had sound sleep, because of the mild coldness that accompanied it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concern is that a light rain like this might increase the heat in the coming days, especially as NiMet recently predicted delay in rain in the North-Central states,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lawal Sale, a resident of Garki, said the rain was a bit heavy in the area and all the cars parked by occupants of his quarter that had accumulated dust were washed off by the raindrops.<\/p>\n<p>Sale also confirmed relief from the intense heat witnessed in the FCT in the past days.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said the relief might be shortlived and advised farmers not to rush to planting because the rain might not be consistent.<\/p>\n<p>FCT experiences first rain of 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, experienced the first rainfall in 2024 in the early morning of Thursday.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4061,15,5516],"tags":[152,180,5517],"class_list":["post-18405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fct","category-news","category-rain","tag-fct","tag-news","tag-rain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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