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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.
At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 people are in hospital following floods near the town of Mai Mahiu in Kenya’s north-western Nakuru county, Nakuru governor Susan Kihika ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were reported earlier this week. The East African country ...
Climate change in Kenya is increasingly impacting the lives of Kenya 's citizens and the environment. [4] Climate change has led to more frequent extreme weather events like droughts which last longer than usual, irregular and unpredictable rainfall, flooding and increasing temperatures. The effects of these climatic changes have made already ...
Heavy rains and flooding ravaged parts of Kenya on Friday, sweeping away homes and livestock and destroying roads and electric transmission lines, authorities said. One of the victims died after a ...