The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said residents of the state should prepare for at least 236 days of heavy rainfall in 2012.The advice, the state government said, was based on the reports of experts.
It said the intensity of the rainfall would be like that of 2011, recording 1,279mm of waters, with marginal error of 50mm.
The state Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello, said at a news conference that the prediction was arrived at using the Seasonal Rainfall Predictions instrument, which was coordinated by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency.
Bello said: "The natural phenomena that controlled 2011 rainfall are still in force and as such it has been predicted that rainfall will commence from Thursday, March 22, with a margin of error of four days.
"To a large extent we will agree that this prediction is true as the rains have started in Lagos.
"It has also been predicted that the end of the season for 2012 is November 12 with a margin of error of two days; with between November 10 and 14 as probable days.
"The total length of rainy season for the year is approximately put at 236 days with a margin of error of two days. Like last year, Lagos will experience heavy rainfall with serious intensity."
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