{"id":761191,"date":"2024-11-29T10:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=761191"},"modified":"2024-11-29T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:42:49","slug":"river-nyando-bursts-its-banks-affecting-traders-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2024\/11\/river-nyando-bursts-its-banks-affecting-traders-families\/","title":{"rendered":"River Nyando bursts its banks affecting traders, families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Nov 29 &#8211; River Nyando in Kisumu County has once again burst its banks following heavy rainfall being witnessed in the region for the past one week.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Water is flowing in the market, as traders are counting losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Motorists are carefully approaching the ever-busy bridge along the Kisumu Nairobi highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many families too are affected as the raging floods sweeps away everything on its sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No casualties have been reported so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Nov 29 &#8211; River Nyando in Kisumu County has once again burst its banks following heavy rainfall being witnessed in the region for the past one week. 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