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FLOOD IMPACT-BASED FORECASTING FOR EARLY WARNING AND EARLY ACTION IN TANA RIVER BASIN, KENYA

Otieno, O.M.; Abdillahi, H. S.; Wambui, E. M.; Kiprono, K. S. (Researchgate, 2019-09-03)

Kenya is mostly affected by floods during the March-April-May (MAM) and October November-December (OND) rainfall. This often occurs along river basins such as the Tana river basin, leading to disruption of people’s ...
Use of earth observation products to enhance humanitarian disaster response: A Case Study of KRCS Response to West Pokot Mudslides in 2019

Osunga, Michael; Makena, Betty; Abdillahi, Halima Saado (Researchgate, 2020-12-01)

Kenya is mostly affected by mudslides and floods during two rainfall seasons, namely March-April-May (MAM) and October-November-December (OND). These landslides, floods and mudslides more often than not lead to loss of ...
Mainstreaming forecast based action into national disaster risk management systems: experience from drought risk management in Kenya

Mwangi, Emma; Taylor, Olivia; Todd, Martin, C.; Visman, Emma; Kniveton, Dom; Kilavi, Mary; Ndegwa, William; Otieno, George; Waruru, Shamton; Mwangi, John; Ambani, Maurine; Abdillahi, Halima; MacLeod, David; Rowhani, Pedram; Graham, Richard; Coleman, Richard (Taylor & Francis, 2021-11-26)

Drought and food security crises heighten risks to lives and livelihoods in East Africa. In recent years, a shift towards acting in advance of such events has gained momentum, notably among the humanitarian and development ...
Advancing operational flood forecasting, early warning and risk management with new emerging science: Gaps, opportunities and barriers in Kenya

Kiptum, Augustine; Mwangi, Emma; Otieno, George; Njogu, Andrew; Kilavi, Mary; Mwai, Zacharia; MacLeod, Dave; Neal, Jeff; Hawker, Laurence; O'shea, Tom; Saado, Halima; Visman, Emma; Majani, Bernard; Todd, Martin, C. (Wiley, 2022-01-27)

Kenya and the wider East African region suffer from significant flood risk, as illustrated by major losses of lives, livelihoods and assets in the most recent years. This is likely to increase in future as exposure rises ...

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