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Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as dozens more were killed in neighbouring Tanzania and Burundi.
Kenya orders flood evacuations as it warns dams could spill
The Kenyan government has ordered people living near 178 dams and reservoirs to evacuate as heavy rains continue. The interior ministry warned that the water bodies "have filled up or are nearly filled up and may spill over any time, posing a high risk to persons living in their neighbourhood".
Kenya, Tanzania brace for cyclone as heavy rains persist
Kenya and Tanzania were bracing Thursday for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains that have devastated East Africa, killing more than 350 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.
Severe Kenya flooding: 50 more dead, dozens of search and rescue operations underway
Search and rescue operations continue in Kenya flooding. So far at least 50 people dead and more than 100,000 people have been affected.
Kenya floods death toll rises to 188 as heavy rains persist
Torrential rains in Kenya and other countries in East Africa have caused deadly havoc, with floods and landslides forcing people from their homes, destroying roads, bridges and other infrastructure
Kenya floods death toll tops 200 as cyclone approaches
The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast.
Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning, bad land management
A large proportion of urban population lives in informal settlements lacking adequate
In photos: Flash floods kill over 100 people in Kenya
Floods have killed 169 people in Kenya with 91 still missing, Kenya’s Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday, the day after a ...
Visitors stranded at Kenya’s Maasai Mara nature reserve, as devastating flooding kills nearly 200 people
Staff and visitors have been left stranded at Kenya’s famous nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding rose ...
Kenya appoints first woman air force head
Kenya's President William Ruto has appointed the first female commander of the air force. Maj Gen Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed becomes ...
Kenya floods death toll nears 170 as president vows help for his country's "victims of climate change"
President William Ruto has promised help for Kenyans as unusually heavy monsoon rains burst a dam and unleash deadly floods ...
11 people and a dog pulled from Kenya floodwaters in dramatic rescue
Eleven people and a dog were rescued from the raging flood waters in Kenya on Wednesday, the country’s Red Cross has said.
Kenya floods: tourists evacuated from Maasai Mara after river bursts banks
Kenya Red Cross rescues more than 90 people from hotels and lodges as heavy rainfall continues ...
Pressure piles on Kenya’s president as floods wreak havoc
Kenya's president faces mounting criticism over his handling of the country’s worst floods in three decades, even as his ...
What’s causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?
The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country ...
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