Kenya's President William Ruto put the country on high alert and postpones the reopening of schools "until further notice" as it braces for its first-ever cyclone. Torrential rains have lashed East Africa since March and claimed the lives of more than 350 people, a total which includes people killed in neighbouring Tanzania. Kenya's coast is now threatened by a cyclone projected to make a landfall at the weekend. "Sadly, we have not seen the last of this perilous period, as the situation is expected to escalate," Ruto says. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES