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Nairobi (/ n aɪ ˈ r oʊ b i / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census.
The Fahrenheit scale (/ ˈ f æ r ə n ˌ h aɪ t, ˈ f ɑː r-/) is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the European physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit.
Climate change is altering the natural pattern of the rainfall period, causing an extension of the short rains, which has begat floods, and reducing the drought cycle from every ten years to annual events, producing strong droughts such as the 2008–09 Kenya Drought. The temperature remains high throughout these months of tropical rain.
The researchers say climate change has made maximum temperatures in Burkina Faso and Mali hotter by 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) — something that may not have happened “if ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Torrential rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at least 210 people, are forecast to worsen over the rest of this month ...
So far this month, May has featured warmer-than-typical conditions for many. ... High temperatures can soar into the 90s Fahrenheit for Texas cities like Dallas and Houston but rise even higher ...
Climate models predict that temperatures will rise by 0.5 to 2 °C. In the informal urban settlements of Nairobi the urban heat island effect adds to the problem as it creates even warmer ambient temperatures. This is due to home construction materials, lack of ventilation, sparse green space, and poor access to electrical power and other services.
News of the crash was released at 16:00, with IRIB and Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi describing it as a hard landing caused by bad weather and fog. [23] [28] Major-General Mohammad Bagheri , chief of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces , ordered all its branches to deploy their full resources towards rescue operations. [23]