Brace For More Rain In The Next Seven Days – Kenya MET

By Getrude Matayo

The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned Kenyans that the rains currently being experienced across the country will continue for the next seven days.

The Kenya Meteorological Department said the country will receive the rains from August 25^th to 31^st In a forecast released on Monday.

The Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valley and the Northwest are expected to continue receiving rainfall.

The Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi County) and some parts of the Southeast Lowlands and the Central and South Rift Valley are likely to experience occasional cool and cloudy conditions.

According to Meteorological Department, more people may be displaced by rising lake waters along the Great Rift Valley. At least 30,000 have already been driven out of their homes by severe flooding near Lake Baringo, caused by unusually heavy rains that began this month.

According to MET director Stella Aura, the rains have been increasing since August 3 and there is a strong possibility the same pattern will persist this week, especially in the Rift Valley.

She added that the weather station at the Kabarnet DC’s office in Baringo county recorded the highest seven-day total rainfall in Kenya last week. The 10 wettest stations in Kenya were all in the Rift Valley.

Kenya Meteorological Department said that the rains will continue particularly within the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valley and the Northwest.