(10 May 2023)
KENYAN SLUMS WEATHER PREDICTION
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi, Kenya - 19 April 2023
1. Various of Weather Mtaani volunteers cleaning clogged waterway
2. Various of Ann Atieno, volunteer, Weather Mtaani, looking at a message in her phone
3. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Ann Atieno, volunteer, Weather Mtaani:
"Weather Mtaani has sent us a message warning us that it might rain and that we should be ready. We are not sure if it will rain or not but we must be ready and inform our neighbours to take rightful measures. We warn children not to play near rivers, we look out for faulty underground electrical wires and unclog water drains, so that if the rains come, we will not be caught off-guard. That is how we stay ready. Also in homes, we put our belongings above the ground."
4. Various of volunteers cleaning a dirty stream to allow water to flow
5. Various of Mary Akoko, volunteer, Weather Mtaani, and other volunteers, cleaning clogged drainage
6. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Mary Akoko, volunteer, Weather Mtaani:
"Weather Mtaani helps us by sending weather forecast messages, which we send to other residents. And if there are any clean ups, they help us do it, because here we have poor drainage systems. We do the clean-up a few days before the rains start, so if it rains, the drainage systems are clean. Weather Mtaani also gives us tools to clean up."
7. Various of clogged drainage
8. Various of James Kirika, community leader, Weather Mtaani, cleaning drainage
9. SOUNDBITE (English) James Kirika, community leader, Weather Mtaani:
"After getting the messages from the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), we translate it into a simple message that people can easily understand. We do it with SMS or Whatsapp. After we send it, it usually has advice. So the advice is what people use in times of extreme heat and also flooding. We also do cleanups before the long rains."
10. Various of a house destroyed by floods
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Nairobi, Kenya - 20 April 2023
11. Various of Pascaline Chemaiyo, principal meteorologist, Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), with her colleague at KMD
12. Various of Chemaiyo looking at a rain gauge
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Pascaline Chemaiyo, principal meteorologist, Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD):
"Weather information is very key to our users and more so to users in informal settlements. This is because the kind of forecast we used to share before, the dissemination method was through emails and some of them were not able to access the information, or even the few that accessed it were not able to interpret it. Then we made a tailored-made focus for them, and we were able to train them on how to interpret. With this, we have seen that this information is very key to them because they need it for their day-to-day activities and planning of their day-to-day life. And this has helped most of them to save lives and even property."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi, Kenya - 19 April 2023
14. Various of Kibera slums
15. Various of houses destroyed by floods
16. Wide of a clogged waterway
17. Various of ducks scavenging for water and food
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Nairobi, Kenya - 20 April 2023
18. Various of Chemaiyo and her colleague taking temperature measures
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Pascaline Chemaiyo, principal meteorologist at Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD):
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi, Kenya - 19 April 2023
20. Various of ducks scavenging for water and food
21. Various of trash
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STORYLINE:
Pools of water clogged with waste.
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