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  • 45 dead as fallout from Kenya flash floods continues

    Flash floods and a landslide swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. Police official Stephen Kirui initially told The Associated Press that the Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash floods, had collapsed, carrying with it mud, rocks and uprooted trees. But in a statement late Monday the Nakuru County said that the water mass...

  • Kenya floods: dozens of people missing after boat capsizes

    The death toll from floods in Kenya continued to rise after a boat capsized on Sunday carrying dozens of people. The search and rescue operation, which took place after the Tana River burst its banks, was suspended overnight. It was expected to be resumed in daylight on Monday. (AP video shot by Andrew Kasuku)

  • Dozens dead after dam bursts amid torrential rain in Kenya

    Houses washed away and road cut off as dam collapses amid heavy rains and floods across countryAt least 45 people died when a makeshift dam burst its banks near a southern town in Kenya’s Rift valley in the early hours of Monday, police said, as torrential rains and floods hit the country.The disaster raises the total death toll over the March-May wet season in Kenya to more than 100, as heavier-than-usual rainfall pounds east Africa, compounded by El Niño weather pattern. Continue reading