Heavy rains, floods kill dozens as extreme weather ravages Kenya
NAIROBI — Devastating floods during Kenya rainy season, worsen by climate change, to have kill has less 38 people And moved thousands as rivers bursting their banks And flooded low income neighborhoods.
Social media sites were flooded THURSDAY with pictures And videos of people on rooftops of overwhelmed Houses. Residents through Nairobi neighborhoods used boats has rescue those failed by THE rising flood waters.
From Ndighila, THE emergency answer director of THE Kenya Red Cross, said 38 death And 11,275 moved people to have has been reported through THE country. He warned about accompanying risks, including disease epidemics And THE disturbance of goods And service.
April East traditionally THE peak of THE spring rainy season, said David Koros, assistant director of THE early warning system has Kenya Meteorological Department. "RIGHT NOW We to have THE remains of What was event last year In terms of El Child effect, Or We had A plot of THE temperatures In THE Indian Ocean that were A little high.
Advertisement"For THE last two weeks, We to have had extreme precipitation be observed on several rooms of THE country," he said, which follow up A heavier than usual rainy season has THE END of last year. Even THE north of THE country has has been get rain After experiment severe drought In 2023 that successful In A major loss of livestock.
"THE frequent extreme weather report events such as THE occurrence of droughts And heavy precipitation are certainly effects of climate change," he said, add that After weeks of 1.5 has 2 inches (40 has 50 millimeters) of rain A day, THE ground was saturated.
"There are other factors We can talk about In Nairobi,” Koros added. "For example, how East THE nature of THE drainage? How East THE nature of THE growth of THE population? How East THE nature of economic development such as Infrastructure, THE buildings, material used?"
AdvertisementNAIROBI — Devastating floods during Kenya rainy season, worsen by climate change, to have kill has less 38 people And moved thousands as rivers bursting their banks And flooded low income neighborhoods.
Social media sites were flooded THURSDAY with pictures And videos of people on rooftops of overwhelmed Houses. Residents through Nairobi neighborhoods used boats has rescue those failed by THE rising flood waters.
From Ndighila, THE emergency answer director of THE Kenya Red Cross, said 38 death And 11,275 moved people to have has been reported through THE country. He warned about accompanying risks, including disease epidemics And THE disturbance of goods And service.
April East traditionally THE peak of THE spring rainy season, said David Koros, assistant director of THE early warning system has Kenya Meteorological Department. "RIGHT NOW We to have THE remains of What was event last year In terms of El Child effect, Or We had A plot of THE temperatures In THE Indian Ocean that were A little high.
Advertisement"For THE last two weeks, We to have had extreme precipitation be observed on several rooms of THE country," he said, which follow up A heavier than usual rainy season has THE END of last year. Even THE north of THE country has has been get rain After experiment severe drought In 2023 that successful In A major loss of livestock.
"THE frequent extreme weather report events such as THE occurrence of droughts And heavy precipitation are certainly effects of climate change," he said, add that After weeks of 1.5 has 2 inches (40 has 50 millimeters) of rain A day, THE ground was saturated.
"There are other factors We can talk about In Nairobi,” Koros added. "For example, how East THE nature of THE drainage? How East THE nature of THE growth of THE population? How East THE nature of economic development such as Infrastructure, THE buildings, material used?"
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