{"id":24459,"date":"2024-04-09T08:03:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T08:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/rescue-of-passengers-stranded-after-bus-swept-away-by-floods-on-nairobi-garissa-road-underway\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T08:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T08:03:17","slug":"rescue-of-passengers-stranded-after-bus-swept-away-by-floods-on-nairobi-garissa-road-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/rescue-of-passengers-stranded-after-bus-swept-away-by-floods-on-nairobi-garissa-road-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue of passengers stranded after bus swept away by floods on Nairobi \u2013 Garissa road underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 9 \u2013 A rescue operation of passengers stranded after a bus they were traveling in was swept by raging floods at Chuma Mrefu area along the Nairobi-Garissa highway is currently underway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tana River County Commander Ali Ndiema indicated that the 5i passengers aboard the bus were travelling to Nairobi when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Ndiema pointed out that the driver had earlier been cautioned against crossing the flooded section at about 11.30pm but ignored the warning.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was swept away with the flood waters and some passengers managed to escape while others climbed the roof as they awaited to be rescued.<\/p>\n<p>A team from military and Kenya Red Cross rushed to the rescue of those trapped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hoping to rescue all those trapped. We have experts on the ground and most of the victims have so far been rescued,\u201d said Ndiema.<\/p>\n<p>Police urged motorists on the Garissa-Nairobi route to be alert and avoid driving on flooded sections to avoid killing their passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya National Highways Authority has since issued a warning to commuters along the Garissa-Nairobi highway (A3) due to flooding in the Mororo area between Madogo and the Tana River Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>According to KeNHA, the flooding has affected one lane of the road, posing a high satety risk to road users.<\/p>\n<p>Other roads currently being monitored by KenHa include the Garissa-Mombasa highway at Bilbil and Charidende in Tana River County, which were washed away by the El Ni\u00f1o floods.<\/p>\n<p>The meteorological department has warned most places will experience heavy rains in the coming months.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 9 \u2013 A rescue operation of passengers stranded after a bus they were traveling in was swept by raging floods at Chuma Mrefu area along the Nairobi-Garissa highway is currently underway. Tana River County Commander Ali Ndiema indicated that the 5i passengers aboard the bus were travelling to Nairobi when the incident [&hellip;]<\/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-24459","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\/24459","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=24459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}