1.0fcfahttps://futureclimateafrica.orgCCKEhttps://futureclimateafrica.org/author/ccke/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ivxjVbYKTi"><a href="https://futureclimateafrica.org/news/a-story-of-urban-floods-in-east-africa/">A story of urban floods in East Africa</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://futureclimateafrica.org/news/a-story-of-urban-floods-in-east-africa/embed/#?secret=ivxjVbYKTi" width="600" height="338" title="“A story of urban floods in East Africa” — fcfa" data-secret="ivxjVbYKTi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://futureclimateafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-06-at-4-57-13-pm.png959462As part of the HyCRISTAL Project, the team spent time with some community groups in Kisumu, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda talking about their experiences of flooding in the urban areas where they live.  They talked about what happened before, during and after a flood, and how high the waters came and where actually got flooded.  Initially this was to inform flood modelling, and check the accuracy of simulations, but listening to their stories, HyCRISTAL wanted to do something with the stories they were telling about their real, lived experience of these events.