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The Nairobi County government will release a list of hotspot areas expected to be most affected by the El-Nino rains from next month.
The list will be released in the wake of the heavy rains that hit the city in May, causing loss of human lives and damaging property worth millions of shillings.
Some of the areas that experienced heavy flooding were Highrise Estate and South C Shopping Centre where houses were submerged with water from Mutu-ini-Ngong River.
Flooding was also witnessed in Loresho, Muthangari and the Kileleshwa Ring Road interchange which are wetland areas.
Other flood-prone areas are Maziwa-Zimmerman along Kamiti Road, River Bank area, which is on Baba Dogo-Outer Ring road and Lavington- Chalbi Drive, Garden Estate, Thome, Roysambu, Kahawa West, Donholm, Mbagathi/Langata Road Roundabout, Nairobi West, Ruai, Utawala, Mukuru slums and Kibera Slums.
The county’s Planning, Environment and Roads and Infrastructure departments will release a joint report after mapping out the hotspot area in the coming days.
- The STAR