Kenya Met: Coast flooding driven by off-season storms, not El Niño Recent rains at the Coast have left roads and compounds swamped. News Just now Listen

"We need to prepare for a potentially strong El Niño event, which will exacerbate drought and heavy rainfall and increase the risk of heatwaves both on land and in the ocean," she said, pointing out that the last comparable event, in 2023 and 2024, was one of the five strongest on record.“El Niño is firmly established and will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, with big impacts on rainfall and temperature patterns and associated risks of floods, drought and extreme heat,” WMO said in an updated issue in early September.

In simple terms, the ocean is pushing wet, warm air onto the coast because of a pressure imbalance that has nothing to do with El Niño.