The Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA) has announced the closure of some key roads rendered impassable by the ongoing heavy rains and floods in various parts of the country.<\/p>\n
The North Horr-Kalacha Road has been closed following heavy downpours in Marsabit County and the Ethiopian Highlands.<\/p>\n
Road Closure Alert: North Horr \u2013 Kalacha (B75) Road.<\/p>\n
1\/3 The Kenya National Highways Authority notifies the public that North Horr \u2013 Kalacha (B75) Road has been closed. \u2014 Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) (@KeNHAKenya) April 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cThe Authority appeals to all motorists and other road users to be patient until the rain subsides\u201d cautioned the Authority in its advisory.<\/p>\n It further said the road will only be opened after a proper assessment and possible reinstatement of any damaged section through the ongoing Routine Maintenance and Spot Improvement Contract recently awarded.<\/p>\n Motorists plying the Nairobi-Garissa Road are also affected by flooding in Mororo area.<\/p>\n \u201c The Kenya National Highways Authority advises the public of flooding at Mororo area along the Nairobi \u2013 Garissa (A3) Road. This is due to the rising water level at the Tana River Bridge caused by ongoing rainfall\u201d KeNHA warned.<\/p>\n The possible overflow of the river could also disrupt movement on the Madogo, Konapunda and Mororo sections of the Garissa road.<\/p>\n \u201cThe persisting rainfall portends further water rise which could affect other previously damaged road sections. Motorists are, therefore, urged to exercise caution as they approach Madogo, Konapunda, and Mororo sections of the A3 Road to Garissa\u201d KeNHA stated.<\/p>\n The agency has however assured that it is monitoring the situation to ensure road accessibility adding that a contractor is on standby at the site to address any issues.<\/p>\n This week the Kenya Meteorological Department (MET) issued a heavy rainfall warning<\/a> across most of Kenya.<\/p>\n The post KeNHA closes key roads due to flooding<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA) has announced the closure of some key roads rendered impassable by the ongoing heavy rains and floods in various parts of the country. The North Horr-Kalacha Road has been closed following heavy downpours in Marsabit County and the Ethiopian Highlands. Road Closure Alert: North Horr \u2013 Kalacha (B75) Road. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This has been occassioned by flooding in the area resulting from the pic.twitter.com\/iyGwhVIkYp<\/a><\/p>\n