{"id":176,"date":"2026-09-25T03:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=176"},"modified":"2026-09-25T03:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:53:08","slug":"nairobi-speeds-up-flood-preparations-ahead-of-expected-el-nino-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"NAIROBI SPEEDS UP FLOOD PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF EXPECTED EL NI\u00d1O RAINS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government agencies have been directed to accelerate flood-prevention measures in Nairobi ahead of expected El Ni\u00f1o rains. The measures include clearing drainage systems, dredging waterways and inspecting electricity transmission lines.<br>Authorities have also identified safer areas for temporary relocation of residents living in vulnerable locations. The expected heavy rains could cause flooding, road damage and disruption of electricity services in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064145_ChatGPT-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064145_ChatGPT-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064145_ChatGPT-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064145_ChatGPT-767x522.jpg 767w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064145_ChatGPT.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government agencies have been directed to accelerate flood-prevention measures in Nairobi ahead of expected El Ni\u00f1o rains. The measures include clearing drainage systems, dredging waterways and inspecting electricity transmission lines.Authorities have also identified safer areas for temporary relocation of residents living in vulnerable locations. The expected heavy rains could cause flooding, road damage and disruption [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}