Hailstones have been spotted in Kuresoi, and Kinangop regions as rains countrywide intensify.
Pictures of the region have been widely shared, and everyone is stunned that Kuresoi and some areas in Kinangop looks as if it is expericing snow.
Cyclone Kenneth, said to be the strongest hurricane will hit Mozambique hard to impact Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province. and Tanzania.
The Kenya met department has issued a weather warning rainfall warning for such areas as Western Kenya, North Western Parts of Kenya including Marsabit and Nairobi among other regions. As the storm gets to batter the country, the forecaster he said although Nairobi may not get hit as hard, other parts such a will see heavy rain.
It said
The rainfall may cause flash floods in low lying areas including urban centers which have poor drainage systems. We'll keep monitoring the developments and give updates.
Kenya won't be hit by Cyclone Keneth, and the Met department explains
However we may experience the effects of the cyclone in the form of enhanced rainfall over parts of Isiolo, Western Kenya , Samburu and including Nairobi. Stay with us for updates as the cyclone evolves.It is FALSE that cyclone Kenneth will hit the Kenyan Coast. By the laws of physics, Cyclones cannot come this close to the equator. Landfall will be northern Mozambique as shown in the satellite image.
Hail is large, layered ice particles, often spherical in shape, which are produced by thunderstorms having strong, tilted updrafts. Hailstorms form within a unusually unstable air mass, that is, an air mass in which the temperature falloff with height is much greater than normal.