{"id":6191,"date":"2016-05-15T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T18:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=6191"},"modified":"2016-05-15T15:01:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T19:01:56","slug":"nairobi-floods-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-pictures\/nairobi-floods-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi Floods 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/nakumatt.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"328\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>A Nakumatt in Nairobi&#8217;s upscale Westlands area was overwhelmed by flood waters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/nakumatt2.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"630\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/nakumatt3.jpg\" width=\"362\" height=\"636\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/traffic.jpg\" width=\"489\" height=\"587\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/> Traffic in many parts of the city ground to a halt due to unpassable roads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/carssub.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/roads.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 527px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/mathare.jpg\" width=\"527\" height=\"878\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Slums like Mathare were hit hard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/4ded.jpg\" width=\"605\" height=\"288\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Four people lost their lives when this wall collapsed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/power.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/wade.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Wading people had to hold hands to keep from getting swept away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/wade2.jpg\" width=\"524\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/carry.jpg\" width=\"524\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Some had to be carried<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/images\/ma3.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Alighting from public vehicles while keeping clean required creativity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/pictures\">Back to Kenya Pictures Page<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-pictures\/nairobi-floods-2016\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Back to Kenya Pictures Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[426,425],"class_list":["post-6191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kenya-pictures","tag-kenya-floods","tag-nairobi-floods","wpcat-423-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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