Kenya: Heavy Rains and Flooding Update - ReliefWeb
WEBApr 11, 2024 · In Kirinyaga County, about 7,500 people (1,500 households) were affected including 3,500 (700 households) displaced by floods in Mwea West, after Thiba River burst its banks, resulting in...
Kenya: Heavy Rains and Flooding Update - UN-OCHA
WEBApr 9, 2024 · In Kirinyaga County, about 7,500 people (1,500 households) were affected including 3,500 (700 households) displaced by floods in Mwea West, after Thiba River burst its banks, resulting in extensive damage to homes, properties, and destruction of crops in the Mwea irrigation scheme on 6 April.
WEBOver 960 livestock have been killed, and 24,010 acres of croplands destroyed by floods and heavy rainfall. Government-led relief efforts are ongoing across the counties, with support from humanitarian partners. An estimated 20,590 people have been reached with humanitarian assistance.
Floods kill five in Embu, county commander confirms - The Star
WEBApr 26, 2024 · Five people have been confirmed dead by drowning in Embu County as floods continue to wreak havoc in most parts of the country. Embu County Commissioner Jack Obuo said two people drowned in...
Over 700 people displaced in Mwea after Thiba River bursts banks …
WEBApr 4, 2024 · More than 700 residents from three villages in Mwea, Kirinyaga County have been rendered homeless after the Thiba River broke its banks on Wednesday night. Property of unknown value was destroyed as flood waters raged through farmlands at the vast Mwea irrigation scheme.
Why has the flooding in Kenya been so devastating?
WEBMay 3, 2024 · Torrential rains have caused devastating floods in Kenya, where more than 200 people have died, thousands have been displaced and nearly 2,000 schools have been destroyed.
Death and displacement as floods hit East Africa - Al Jazeera
WEBNov 6, 2023 · Flooding in Kenya over the weekend uprooted scores of homes, decimated hundreds of acres of farmland, and killed at least 15 people in the country, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society....
Kenya: Heavy Rains and Flooding Update - UN-OCHA
WEBApr 19, 2024 · At least 200 people (40 households in Bori), have been affected by floods, more than 200 houses destroyed, and hundreds of livestock killed in Marsabit County. The villages of Ambalo, Dambala Fachana and Funan Kumbi in Moyale sub-county were affected and isolated by floods.
Kenya floods: Anger mounts as people left homeless and …
WEBMay 4, 2024 · It’s a tragedy echoed across swaths of Kenya, including Nairobi and parts of the famous Maasai Mara wildlife reserve, after weeks of intensely heavy rainfall triggered flash floods that have...
700 Left Homeless After Floods Cause Havoc in Kirinyaga
WEBApr 5, 2024 · Disaster struck the Mwea region of Kirinyaga County on Wednesday night when the Thiba River burst its banks, leaving over 700 residents from three villages homeless. The raging flood waters caused extensive damage to property, destroying crops and homes in the vast Mwea irrigation scheme.
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