By Nation Team
22 July 2007
Nairobi — Tremors were reported at the weekend in parts of Kenya including Nairobi.
The vibrations were less intense compared to the tremors experienced in the last two weeks.
The Ol Doinyo Lengai volcanic mountain in northern Tanzania that is at the epicentre of the tremors is still spewing fires.
Families living around the volcanic mountain are living in fear following the eruption that has been happening in the past 10 days.
A number of houses, schools near the mountain have been destroyed by the tremors and eruption.
Wildlife migrated
Thousands of wildlife including lions, wildebeest, giraffe, zebras and gazelles have migrated.
When the Nation team visited the mountain and the nearby Lake Natron, helpless locals were trying to come to terms with the effects of the eruptions and tremors which have shook parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
"We are living in fear. We have never experienced tremors of such magnitude before. We don't know where we can go," Magadini location chief Mwasuni Ole Sinigi said.
The residents, Mr Ole Sinigi said, have been sleeping in the cold since the tremors started 14 days ago.
Locals interviewed
A number of pregnant women, locals interviewed said, had given birth prematurely due to the impact of the tremors.
"It shakes everything. Spews fires and leaves small neighbouring hills tumbling down. We can't sleep inside our manyattas" a local pastoralist, Mr Nkarana Lekorio said.
The residents said they feared no help would reach them in time if the tremors continued due to impassable roads and poor communication network in the area.
At least 15 tremors had been felt in Arusha, which is 113 kilometres from both Lake Natron and Ol Doinyo Lengai, by Thursday last week.
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