{"id":35781,"date":"2024-05-05T08:04:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/05\/crisis-in-nyanza-as-river-nyando-bursts-its-banks\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T08:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:04:12","slug":"crisis-in-nyanza-as-river-nyando-bursts-its-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/crisis-in-nyanza-as-river-nyando-bursts-its-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis in Nyanza as River Nyando bursts its banks"},"content":{"rendered":"

KISUMU, Kenya May 5 \u2013 Several vehicles were washed away Sunday when River Nyando in Kisumu County burst its banks.<\/p>\n

This has caused a major crisis as houses, the main market in Ahero, a school and police station were submerged in water.<\/p>\n

This means motorists cannot cross the main bridge on the Kisumu-Nairobi Highway causing a major transport crisis, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are urging motorists to be cautious and keep off that bridge because we already have vehicles in water,\u201d a senior police officer in Ahero said.<\/p>\n

There were no immediate reports of casualties but locals were warned against attempting to cross the flooded bridge.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Locals attempt to cross River Nyando which burst its banks in Kisumu on May 5, 2025 following heavy rains linked to El Nino. \/OJWANG JOE.<\/p>\n

Ahero market, Ahero Girls High School, the local hospital and police station were all submerged in water.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have lost all out stock because we woke up to find the entire market flooded,\u201d a trader told Capital FM News.<\/p>\n

Since March, flash floods have claimed nearly 200 lives and displaced more than 200,000 people across 30,000 households.<\/p>\n

As a result of the heavy rains, President William Ruto has ordered an indefinite extension of the re-opening of schools that were scheduled to reopen on Monday.<\/p>\n

Meteorologists have warned of near-average to above-average rainfall nationwide in May, with occasional thunderstorms. <\/p>\n

Coastal regions like Mombasa, Kilifi, Lamu, Kwale, and parts of Tana River expect heavy rains, reaching peak Long Rains season in May.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KISUMU, Kenya May 5 \u2013 Several vehicles were washed away Sunday when River Nyando in Kisumu County burst its banks. This has caused a major crisis as houses, the main market in Ahero, a school and police station were submerged in water. This means motorists cannot cross the main bridge on the Kisumu-Nairobi Highway causing […]<\/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-35781","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\/35781","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=35781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}