The Kenya Meteorological Department has cautioned Kenyans living in various parts of the country to brace for heavy downpours this weekend, starting from Friday to Tuesday next week.
In its advisory published on Friday, May 9, the weather department revealed that heavy rains were expected in parts of Highlands East, Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Coast, and the South-eastern lowlands.
In the counties of Nyandarua, Laikipia, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Murang'a, Kiambu, Meru, Embu, Tharaka-Nithi and Nairobi, rains were expected to begin in the afternoon and extend into the night.
According to the advisory, mornings in the above counties were likely to be cloudy, with light rains over a few places, giving way to sunny intervals followed by heavy downpours in the afternoon, which would be accompanied by thunderstorms.
