Nairobi Dam Flood Warning: Kibera, Nyayo Highrise and Nairobi West Residents Urged to Evacuate
Government officials are ordering an immediate evacuation for Kibera and five other downstream neighborhoods, fearing that the Nairobi Dam will soon overflow. The Water Resources Authority (WRA) reported that surging water levels now pose a direct threat to the dam’s embankment, making a flood likely. “Due to the ongoing heavy rains, residents living downstream of Nairobi Dam are warned of imminent flood risk due to the rising water levels in the reservoir that threaten breaching of the dam embankment,” the notice signed by Noel Ndeti, WRA’s subcounty coordinator, states. Because of this danger, people in Kibera, Nyayo Highrise, Dam Estate,
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