Government Issues Floods Alert for the Following Regions

The government of Kenya on Friday issued flooding alerts for North Eastern, South Eastern, Coast, Central and South Rift Valley regions.

Flooding in Kenya often exposés decades of poor urban planning. Photos | Reuters

The Ministry of Interior and National Administration said storms are anticipated in these regions over the weekend but expected to subside by next week.

The ministry noted that in the past week, counties in the Lake Victoria Basin and North Western regions have experienced heavy rainfall resulting in isolated cases of flooding.

“Evacuation is ongoing in areas such as Kapuothe, Nanga, Lower Katuoro, Wigwa, and part of Dunga in Kisumu Central Sub-county, where about 200 households have been affected and approximately 100 acres of crops washed away,” the ministry said in a statement to media houses.

It added that a total of 47 households are being hosted at Nanga Primary School and are receiving humanitarian support from the State Department for Special Programmes and Red Cross and other agencies.

“In Kisumu East Sub-county, a total of 140 households have been affected by floods. The affected villages include Onjweru, Kanyawade, Kaloo, Kodie, Awuor Ajwang’, Kodeyo, Alara, Kowuore, Kabuong Kanyawade, Kamiendi and part of Kachola,” the statement added.

Kisumu County Commissioner Benson Leparmorijo leads in food distribution exercise to families affected by flash floods in Muhoroni sub-county following ongoing heavy rains in the county/HANDOUT

The ministry said disaster response teams coordinated by National Government Administration officers are monitoring the situation in various parts of the country and providing support to those affected.

It urged residents of flood-prone areas who may be temporarily relocated for their safety to cooperate with the response teams.

The Kenya Meteorological Department has announced continued rainfall in different parts of the county for the next five days from Friday.

Kenya Met Director General David Gikungu announced that rainfall was expected to continue over the Highlands East region, the West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Rift Valley, the South-eastern lowlands, the Coastal region, North-western and North-eastern Kenya.

Gikungu revealed that isolated heavy rainfall events were likely to occur over some parts of these regions during the first half of the forecast period.

He noted that the distribution of rains was expected to be intense, marked by occasional thunderstorms.

Source: The Star

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