Brace for Heavy Rains, Coast Residents Warned

Coast Region residents should brace themselves for heavy rainfall, the weatherman has warned.

According to a notice from the Kenya Meteorological Department the counties of Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, and Lamu will experience heavy rains that will be moderate of a probability occurrence of 33 percent to 66 percent from October 24th to 26th.

“Heavy rainfall of more than 30 mm in 24 hours is expected on Wednesday over the coastal region of Kenya,” read the notice.

The rainfall is expected to intensify to more than 40 mm in 24 hours on Thursday along the south Coast read the notice and on Friday, the rainfall intensity is expected to decrease to 30 mm in 24 hours across the coastal region.

“Residents in all the mentioned areas are advised to be on the lookout for flash floods, people should avoid driving, wading or walking through any fast-moving waters. The heavy rains and strong winds offshore may result to storm surges along the coast, hence fishermen and all the marine industry should be on alert,” read the notice.

Several parts of the country have experienced heavy rainfall from Tuesday morning with Nairobi residents being forced to walk through wet and muddy roads on their way to work.

In August, the Meteorological Department reported that the country was going to experience heavy rains accompanied by floods from the start of the month of October, though that never came to pass as the rains delayed for over 20 days into the month October.