Dry spell leaves Kenyan islanders thirsty for clean water
Monday, 28 June 2021 03:00 GMT
Hellen Achieng washes dishes after lunch in Lamu, Kenya, April 16, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Dominic Kirui
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Share: Lamu got only 10% of the rain it usually sees each rainy season Residents say sometimes they go two weeks without clean water Researchers warn digging wells deeper could turn freshwater saline
By Dominic Kirui
LAMU, Kenya, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Hellen Achieng moved from a village near Lake Victoria to an island off of Kenya s coast, she never imagined she would have trouble finding the one resource she took for granted at her old home: water.
WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast
June 27, 2021
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National Weather Service Spokane WA
1037 AM PDT Sun Jun 27 2021
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1037 AM PDT Sun Jun 27 2021
.EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THURSDAY.
.Record High Temperatures Monday.
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT.Clear. Lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. East wind
5 to 15 mph in the evening, becoming light.
.MONDAY.Very hot. Sunny. Highs 97 to 104.
.MONDAY NIGHT.Clear. Lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s. East
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.TUESDAY.Very hot. Sunny. Highs 101 to 108. Southeast wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.