• Heavy rains have been pounding various parts of the country in the last two days
• Weather experts say there will be an increased intensity of rains in some parts of the country
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Over 1,500 sheep and goats were on Monday swept away by raging floods in Marsabit.
Jonah Mohammed told the Star that rains started at 3pm and caused massive destruction.
"They pounded until 8am on Tuesday. We confirmed 1,500 sheep and goats lost as a result," Mohammed said on the phone.
He said residents told them more livestock died in floods in the Huri Hills.
Those who lost the livestock are hopeless.
"They do not know what to do next," Joseph Guyo said.
Godana Guyo, 34, from Baldesa said he lost 120 sheep and goats in Huri hills.
“I had 215 sheep and goats,” the father of two said.
Guyo said he depends on livestock.
The disaster came as the weatherman said rainfall is expected over most parts of the country. Intensity will be heavy in some regions.
The weatherman said isolated storms are likely over some parts of the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, Central and South Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi county), the Southeastern lowlands, Northwestern and Northeastern Kenya.
"Strong northeasterly winds with speeds exceeding 25 knots (12.9 m/s) are expected over some parts of Northeastern Kenya," Kenya Met director Stella Aura said.
Aura, in the latest weather forecast released on Monday and are set to run up to Saturday, says Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Isiolo counties will continue receiving rains in the morning until Thursday.
Kitui, Makueni, Machakos, Kajiado and Taita Taveta counties will receive rains mainly in the morning until Friday.
Mombasa, Tana River, Kilifi, Lamu and Kwale counties will receive sunny intervals until Saturday.
Nyandarua, Laikipia, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Murang'a, Kiambu, Meru, Embu, Tharaka Nithi and Nairobi counties will experience rains over a few places in the morning and showers and thunderstorms much of the afternoons.
Turkana and Samburu counties will receive rain in the morning until Friday.
The two counties will have showers and thunderstorms over a few places in the afternoon alternating with sunny intervals.
Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay, Migori, Kisii, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo Marakwet, Nandi, Nakuru, Narok, Kericho, Bomet, Kakamega, Vihiga, Bungoma, Busia and West Pokot counties will experience rain in the morning up to the weekend.
In the affected counties, showers and thunderstorms will be experienced in the afternoons.
(Edited by V. Graham)