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Kenya: Masinga Dam Has Started Overflowing, But Process is Controlled - KenGen
Nairobi News, 17 May 2018
The country's largest hydro power generating dam, Masinga, started overflowing Wednesday evening to reduce water that has reached optimum levels following heavy downpour… Read more »
Kenyan Dam Poses Further Threat, Days After Patel Tragedy
Kenya power producer KenGen has issued flood alerts warning communities living downstream of the Masinga dam located in the Seven Forks cascade to move to safer ground as they discharge 70 cubic metres per second from the river that has reached its optimum level. The dam water level had risen to 1,056.68 meters past the maximum water level of 1,056.50 meters. This comes days after the bursting of the Patel Dam in Nakuru County which which claimed the lives of 48 people.
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Kenya: Masinga Dam Overflows, Water Diverted Into River Tana
Nation, 17 May 2018
Power producer Ken Gen has started discharging water from Masinga Dam into River Tana after the reservoir filled up. Read more »
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Kenya: Families in Agony as River Yala Bursts Banks, Masinga Dam Swells
Nation, 17 May 2018
Villagers in parts of Yimbo and Alego in Siaya County are counting losses after floods tore through their farms when River Yala burst its banks on Tuesday night. Read more »
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Kenya: Imminent Masinga Dam Disaster Causes Locals Pain
Nation, 16 May 2018
Residents of flood-prone areas in Tana River County may not have peace anytime soon after the government said Masinga Dam will burst its banks. Read more »
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Kenya: Government Issues Alert on Masinga Dam Spillage
Capital FM, 15 May 2018
The government has issued an alert of spillage of the Masinga Dam as heavy rains continue. Read more »
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The bursting of the Patel Dam in Nakuru County now brings to over 160 the number of people who have died countrywide as a result of flooding, since the heavy rains started in ... Read more »
