Ongoing Heavy Rains Along The Kenyan Coast

Heavy rains and strong winds have been experienced along the Indian Ocean Coast counties of Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu Counties in the past 3 days. The Kenya Meteorological Department had warned of the coastal region of a weakening low-pressure system, which could bring heavy rains and strong winds. Chenge, located about 500 km north of Madagascar, continues to weaken as it moves west across the northern Mozambique Channel. Chenge, which started as a low-pressure area over the southwest Indian Ocean and has winds blowing at around 55 kilometres per hour and gusts reaching up to 75 kilometres per hour as it heads to the East African Coast.

Despite its weakening, the system’s proximity to the coast may influence local weather conditions over southern coastal Kenya and Tanzania early in the week, according to the latest weather alert of Sunday. In an earlier advisory No. 03/2025, issued at 11 am on Wednesday last week, KMD indicated that rainfall currently affecting parts of the Lake Victoria Basin, Rift Valley, and Highlands West of the Rift Valley is expected to intensify to over 30mm within 24 hours, spreading to the Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi) and the Southeastern Lowlands from Thursday afternoon.