Strengthening Kenya's Flood Early Warning System - One Site at a Time
Under the TEMBO Africa Project, KenGen, the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority (KMSA), and TAHMO have completed a joint site survey across the Seven Forks Cascade (Kenya's principal hydropower system),
The goal was to strengthen real-time hydrometeorological monitoring for flood forecasting, reservoir inflow prediction, dam safety, and hydropower operations along the Tana River basin, with particular focus on flashpoint tributaries like the Thika and Thiba rivers.
๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป - Several existing monitoring stations are currently non-functional. Vandalism and theft of solar panels, batteries, cables, and even structural steel remain among the biggest operational