The correction is the news. Nigeria's hydrological agency states the Lagdo dam is impounding water and not releasing it: the reservoir stands at 209.82 m against a 216 m maximum operating level, leaving 6.18 m of capacity. The claim that a release is causing the Benue flooding is debunked; the flooding this week is rain-driven; and last week's imminent release, 11 states alert traced to a simulation and contingency rather than an active discharge. The Day-2 ramp this page carried on Sep 18 is withdrawn. What to watch changes with it — rainfall on a loaded basin, not a release calendar.
THE RECORD
12 turning points on record since Aug 23 — the 8 most recent shown.
Sep 18▽ eased
Sep 17▽ slipped down the board
Sep 16↑ intensified sharply
Sep 15active → building
Sep 13↑ moved up the board
Sep 12building → active
Sep 11↑ became confirmed
Sep 8active → building · intensified sharply
WHO IT TOUCHES
Public safetythree warning systems arriving on three different clocks, and two more that just told the public to un-believe something
Healtha 108 °F heat index across nine states, flood-water exposure on three continents, and two humanitarian ledgers still being counted
CONNECTED
Two loud claims lost their basis on the same morning, at opposite ends of one continent — and the retraction is the finding.
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