Authorities in Kenya say heavy rains and flooding ravaged components of the nation, sweeping away houses and livestock and destroying roads and electrical transmission strains
ByEMMANUEL IGUNZA Related Press
November 3, 2023, 2:20 PM
Motorists wade by a flooded highway in Mombasa city after a heavy downpour on Friday Nov.3, 2023. A lot of the roads remained impassable attributable to poor drainage system throughout the city. (AP Picture/Gideon Maundu).
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Heavy rains and flooding ravaged components of Kenya on Friday, sweeping away houses and livestock and destroying roads and electrical transmission strains, authorities stated. Not less than two folks have been killed and no less than one was lacking.
One of many victims died after a home collapsed below heavy rains within the coastal metropolis of Mombasa, police stated, whereas the second was swept away by floods in Meru County in central Kenya. Emergency employees have been trying to find a 3rd individual believed to have drowned in Isiolo, within the nation’s north.
Kenya’s Meteorological Division had earlier warned of above common rainfall till Monday.
“Flood waters could seem in locations the place it has not rained closely particularly downstream. Residents are suggested to keep away from driving by, or strolling in shifting water or open fields and to not shelter below bushes and close to grilled home windows when raining to attenuate publicity to lightning strikes,” learn the alert
In Mombasa, heavy rains precipitated flash floods, which swept away houses and companies. Movies confirmed vehicles submerged in flooded roads, whereas within the northeast, a significant highway linking Wajir and Mandera counties was fully minimize off leaving motorists stranded.
Dramatic footage additionally emerged Thursday of a wildlife conservancy chopper crew rescuing eight individuals who have been in a truck that was being swept away by raging floodwaters in Samburu county.
Heavy rains have been additionally reported within the neighboring international locations of Tanzania and Somalia, the place the Worldwide Federation of Crimson Cross and Crimson Crescent Societies stated “a number of houses have been inundated and bridges broken.”
