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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 ...
A drone view shows damaged houses after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes when a dam burst, following heavy rains in Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya on April 29, 2024 ...
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.
In the most tragic single event, at least 48 people were killed on Monday after water blew through a blocked river tunnel under a railway bridge in southwestern Kenya, causing a flash flood. The ...
MAI MAHIU, Kenya (Reuters) -Flash floods and a landslide in central Kenya killed at least 45 people and injured over 110 others on Monday as floodwaters swept away houses and cars in the town of ...
Floods affected several regions of Kenya in late March, killing 12 people, injuring five and displacing 812 families. [18] In April, four people died and around 36,400 people were affected by flooding in the west and northeast regions of Kenya. [19] [20]
A dam collapsed in western Kenya early Monday, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing after a wall of water swept through houses and cut off a major road, the Interior Ministry said.
The 2020 East Africa floods were a natural disaster in Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti and Tanzania, affecting at least 700,000 people. They began when excessive rains began falling in March, leading to massive flooding and landslides. They caused more than 430 deaths, notably in Kenya ...