{"id":2291,"date":"2023-11-15T17:01:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nimet-alerts-nigerians-on-approaching-dust-haze\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T17:01:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:01:18","slug":"nimet-alerts-nigerians-on-approaching-dust-haze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nimet-alerts-nigerians-on-approaching-dust-haze\/","title":{"rendered":"NiMet alerts Nigerians on approaching dust haze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has alerted Nigerians on the possibility of approaching thick dust that can lead to deterioration of horizontal visibility.<\/p>\n<p>NiMet disclosed this in a statement posted on its official X handle on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The agency stressed that the dusty haze is expected to further deteriorate horizontal visibility over the country\u2019s Northern parts, especially over Katsina, Kano, Nguru, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Potiskum and Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>NiMet, therefore, advised members of the public to take necessary precautions due to dust particles presently in suspension over the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that people with Asthma and other respiratory issues should be cautious of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Inter-Tropical Discontinuity, ITD (currently at about 9.60N Lat) is expected to retreat slightly Southwards in the next 24hrs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinds over 10m and 925hPa (700m) are favourable for Dust-Haze propagations into<br \/>\nthe Northern parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStations in the source region (Sahara Desert) from Chad (Faya-Largeau, Bol-Berim, Mongo, Abeche and Ndjamena) and sources from Niger, that shares border with Northern Nigeria (Diffa, Maine-Soroa, Goure, Bila, Maradi, Zinder and Birni-n-Konni), have been reporting Dust-Haze in poor horizontal visibility between 300m and 5000m in the last 24hrs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAirline operators are advised to get updated weather reports from NiMet for effective planning in their operations NiMet will continue to monitor the weather and provide updates when necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NiMet alerts Nigerians on approaching dust haze<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by WPeMatico<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has alerted Nigerians on the possibility of approaching thick dust that can lead to deterioration&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4194,15,4195],"tags":[4197,180,4196],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dust","category-news","category-nimet","tag-dust","tag-news","tag-nimet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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