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2. 2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood - Wikipedia

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   2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood. On 29 April 2024, a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment led to a catastrophic failure and inundation in Kenya, killing at least 50 people. [2] The event was initially described as a 'dam failure'. [3] The flood occurred following heavy rains in the previous month that killed over 110 people.

3. Flash floods, landslide kill at least 45 in central Kenya - AOL

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   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 ...

4. What's causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya? - AOL

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   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 ...

5. Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with ...

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   The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. President William ...

6. 2024 Kenya–Tanzania floods - Wikipedia

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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.

7. List of deadliest floods - Wikipedia

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   Malawi, flash flood and landslide Malawi: 1991 500 Gauldal, landslide Norway: 1345 500 [14] 2018 East Africa floods: Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Somalia: 2018 483 2018 Kerala floods: India: 2018 464 Lisbon flash flood: Portugal: 1967 449+ 2016 China floods: China: 2016 445 Western Japan, massive rains and landslides Japan: 1972 437

8. Death toll up to 76 as heavy rains, floods, wreck havoc in Kenya

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   NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East ...

9. Flash flood - Wikipedia

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   A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods may also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam ...