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“Now we are land beggars,” she said.A woman waits for fish after a catch by fishermen at Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A woman waits for fish after a catch by fishermen at Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Women wait for fish after a catch by fishermen at Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Women wait for fish after a catch by fishermen at Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Baringo is one of ten lakes in Kenya’s Rift Valley that have been expanding over the past decade. The entire Eastern African rift system, which stretches south to Mozambique, and the Western Rift - all the way to Uganda - are also affected. The rainfed waters have submerged villages and islands and brought the fierce Nile crocodiles face-to-face with residents.The rising lake waters have displaced more than 75,000 households, according to a 2021 report on the expanding lakes by Kenya’s Ministry of the Environment and Forestry and the United Nations Development Program.

Flooding around Lake Baringo has been among the most severe, according to the report, with more than 3,000 households destroyed.

Lake Baringo remains an important source of freshwater for villagers, livestock, fisheries, and wildlife. But scientists fear it could someday merge with a large salt lake not far away, the also-expanding Lake Bogoria, contaminating the freshwater.Evan Hauptmann, a multi-sport athlete in high school, decided to run Falmouth at 17. He wanted to finish in under an hour and felt fine until a big hill late in the race made him light-headed. By then he could see the finish line and his competitive nature kicked in.

Soon after finishing, he lost consciousness. His temperature was the highest Jardine has seen at Falmouth – 112.8 degrees (44.9 Celsius).“That’s crazy,” said Dr. Sameed Khatana, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. “That is not compatible with life.”

But Hauptmann got immediate care, with a half-hour in the ice bath bringing his temperature down quickly, and he went home that day. Doctors worried about organ damage. Blood tests showed high protein levels from muscle breakdown, but they came down and he avoided lasting injury.Two weeks later he started playing football again. But he’s more aware of heat’s danger, and makes sure to stay hydrated and aware of how he is feeling.