Prepare for heavier flooding, water Resources Authority Warns Kenyans.
Water Resources Authority Issues an advisory warning to Kenyans, urging them to prepare for heavier flooding, in the coming days.
The chief executive officer, Reuben Ngessa highlighted that counties currently experiencing flooding will continue receiving substantial amounts of rains until December 2.
He stated,”Most parts of the Country have continued to receive substantial amounts of rainfall in the last seven days. The Mid and Lower Tana River basin, parts of the Ewaso Ng’iro North basin and the coastal strip have therefore remained inundated,”
“According to KMD forecast, the rains are expected to continue into the month of December 2023. Subsequently, flooding is expected to escalate in the already exposed areas of Garissa, Tana River, Coastal strip, Wajir, Mandera and Isiolo Counties,” he added.
Notably, he outlined other flood-prone areas within the Lake Victoria and Rift Valley basins to be on the look out.
He also revealed that the water levels in the Tana River at Garissa have remained above the flood alarm threshold of four meters by more than two meters in the last 24 hours.
He stated,”Data from KenGen indicate that Masinga and Kiambere dam levels were 7.60m and 1.25m respectively below full supply capacity on November 26, 2023.”
Further, Residents around the Seven folk dams, Have been advised to move to higher grounds, as it is now that the last dam in the seven-forks cascade, is almost reaching the full supply capacity and may overflow any minute now.