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A fallen tree after the flood in Kenya. The capital Nairobi and surrounding areas were particularly affected. [2] The Nairobi River and the Athi River both burst their banks displacing 40,000 people. [4] At least 300 deaths, 188 injuries, 75 missing and 300,000 displaced people were reported.
The area lies in a region of the Great Rift Valley that is susceptible to flash floods. The water ministry said the flood carried away the railway embankment and poured downstream at "a very high speed and velocity". [3] [6] As of 1 May, at least 50 people were known to have died [5] and another 84 were missing. [7] Seventeen bodies were of ...
The death toll due to floods in Kenya has risen to 76, with 29 people injured and 19 still missing, a government spokesperson said as authorities ordered more evacuations of people from at-risk ...
Kenya’s disaster management agency issued a flood warning to residents of Lamu, Tana River and Garissa counties that are downstream of Tana River after flooding breached dams upstream. Residents have been urged to move to higher grounds. So far, nine out of 47 counties in the country have reported flooding incidents
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as ...
Staff and visitors have been left stranded at Kenya’s famous nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding rose to at least 188 people.
Kenya’s disaster management agency issued a flood warning to residents of Lamu, Tana River and Garissa counties that are downstream of Tana River after flooding breached dams upstream. Residents have been urged to move to higher grounds. So far, nine out of 47 counties in the country have reported flooding incidents
Floods affected several regions of Kenya in late March, killing 12 people, injuring five and displacing 812 families. [19] In April, four people died and around 36,400 people were affected by flooding in the west and northeast regions of Kenya. [20] [21]