Extreme weather, climate events to become frequent in Nigeria, WMO warns
5 years agoThis handout picture provided on April 26, 2019 by the World Food Programme shows a destroyed house in Macomia district, Mozambique. - The back-to-back cyclones that have ravaged Mozambique are unprecedented in recorded history, the UN said on April 26, 2109, as it planned to examine the country's defences against extreme weather in the light of climate change. Cyclone Kenneth, which smashed into northern Mozambique late on April 25, hit "an area where no tropical cyclone has been observed since the satellite era," the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement. (Photo by Nour Hemici / WFP / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NOUR HEMICI / WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME"
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that extreme events of weather and climate would become more frequent and intense in Nigeria in the coming years.