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Coast hoteliers anxious as agency issues alert over rising sea level

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A sea wall erected at the Vasco Da Gama pillar site in Malindi, Kilifi County on Thursday, July 2, 2020. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) has issued an alert over the rising water level in the Indian Ocean, making its way into hotels and other establishments along the beach at the Coast.

The agency said the phenomenon started last week. A similar occurrence was last experienced during the 1997/98 El Nino rains that destroyed property in the region.

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