2024-05-18 18:48:00
The variety of folks killed in floods in Kenya has risen to 291, with 75 folks nonetheless lacking and one other 188 injured.
As Day.Az reviews just about TASS, authorities spokesman Isaac Mwaura introduced this.
As well as, ongoing floods have displaced greater than 55,000 households, affecting roughly 278,000 folks. In complete, 82 thousand households, containing about 412 thousand folks, had been affected by the floods.
Mwaura additionally added that the Kimende space in Kiambu County close to Nairobi had been declared a hazard zone and cordoned off following the landslide. A multi-agency workforce together with the Kenya Protection Forces, the Nationwide Police Service and the Crimson Cross is conducting rescue operations within the space.
The federal government has arrange 187 camps in 25 districts, residence to greater than 3,000 folks.
The Kenya Meteorological Division warned of heavy rainfall within the central, western and northern elements of the nation.
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