A motorist drives through the flooded Fairways Road in South C, Nairobi, on April 5. Nairobi residents grappled with fl ooded streets and blocked roads as heavy rains pounded the city and its environs for more than three months, following a long dry period /JACK OWUOR
Victims are the true first responders (e.g. “zero-order responders,” ZORs) when a disaster occurs, because they fend for themselves before outside help appears on the disaster scene.