Heavy rains

• Five die in Coast belt heavy rains and floods

  
  1 month ago
  Five people have died in various parts of Kwale County after they were swept away by raging floods as heavy rains continue pounding the Coast region.

• More die in Coast over flood chaos

  
  1 month ago
  Several schools in the two counties have been shut down and bridges cut off in Kwale following the heavy downfall that has been experienced since last Friday.

• 6 dead after building collapses

  
  1 month ago
  Six people died after a storied building under construction collapsed in Kutus Town, Kirinyaga County on Tuesday following heavy rains. Three people were rescued from the rubble.

• Four children among six killed after wall collapses on house

  
  1 month ago
  A woman and her three children were among six people who were killed when a perimeter wall collapsed on their makeshift house in Mombasa’s Vipingo area following heavy rains.

• Hundreds stranded at Likoni ferry channel

  
  1 month ago
  Hundreds of commuters and motorists stuck at Likoni following flooding at the ferry crossing channel caused by heavy downpour.

• Heavy rains wreak havoc

  
  1 month ago
  But downpour turns into blessings for tuk tuk taxi operators cashing in on desperate commuters.

• Three electrocuted in Nairobi after heavy downpour

  
  1 month ago
  Victims who include a four-year-old boy touched live wires that were lying unattended and died instantly.

• Wheat farmers panic as heavy rains pound North Rift

  
  10 months ago
  Wheat farmers in the North Rift region are staring at losses due to stem rust, a fungal disease accelerated by high humid conditions, as heavy rains pound most parts of the country.

• Foreign aid reaches flooded Sri Lankan capital, 71 dead

  
  1 year ago
  Foreign aid began arriving in Sri Lanka Saturday, bringing help to half a million people who have been driven from their homes by heavy rains and landslides that have killed at least 71.

• Heavy rains in Kenya leave trail of destruction

  
  1 year ago
  The Government will come up with a rain water-harvesting programme even has heavy rains continue to wreak havoc.

• Avoid these roads during the rainy season in Nairobi, warn agencies

  
  1 year ago
  Two Government agencies have declared at least 15 sections of city roads dangerous because of flooding.

• Motorists heading to Central Kenya caught up in 10-hour traffic gridlock

  
  1 year ago
  The main road leading to the Mt Kenya region was on Saturday night gridlocked following a massive traffic pile-up.

• 40 Kenyans killed, hundreds left homeless as heavy rains rage

  
  1 year ago
  At least 40 people have died, dozens are injured and hundreds displaced following heavy rains experienced in the country in the last month, according to the Government.

• Thousands stranded along Mombasa-Nairobi Highway in three-day traffic jam

  
  1 year ago
  Mombasa town remained cut off from the Kenyan mainland for the third day on Thursday following heavy rains and an uncontrollable traffic jam caused diversion from the main Mombasa-Nairobi highway.

• 'Serikali saidia' woman appointed flood preparedness ambassador

  
  1 year ago
  Jane Anyango Adika became a celebrity in April 2012 after the media widely reported her plight as a floods victim in the Kano region.

• Heavy rains mean less destruction, experts now say

  
  1 year ago
  As Kenya and its neighbours continue to wait for the long expected El Niño, every country is putting measures in place to mitigate the possible effects of the impending rains.

• Weatherman warns of heavy rains in Coast

  1 year ago
  The Meteorological Department has warned of major storms and heavy rains in five coastal counties.

• Day my dream turned into a nightmare in three short hours

  2 years ago
  I was making my annual trip to the barber when the rains came, so I was in that space between sleep and wakefulness, when I hear things without registering them.

• Rains splash pain and tears on slum residents

  
  2 years ago
  As Nairobi residents continue to reel from the effects of the devastating flash floods that hit the city recently, Mary Makove from Mabatini slum in Embakasi mourns.

• Forecast too shallow to help the public

  2 years ago
  The meteorological department has occasionally been in inconsistent with their predictions, leaving the public to rely on stone-age knowledge to determine weather.