The rainy season in Kenya has been exacerbated by the El Nino weather pattern causing storms and flash floods in the East Africa region.
An estimated 60,000 people, mostly women and children, have been "severely affected" by the floods, officials say. / Photo: AFP
Across Nairobi, vehicles were stuck in the deluge and people waded through floodwaters in slum areas to reach safety. The Kenya Met Department warned that"heavy to very heavy" rainfall was forecast in various parts of the country until May. Homes were engulfed in the sprawling Nairobi slum of Mathare, where residents took to rooftops to save their lives and belongings.It posted a picture on X showing its workers, some waist-high in water, engaged in rescue efforts, as a man carried a young child on his shoulder.
impounded the area. NPS pilots under Captain Chief Inspector Evans Okoth, First Officer Captain Chief Inspector Loise Wangui and Flight Engineer Mr. Bernard Orimba, Superintendent of Police responded to the emergency in the flight from Wilson Airport andThe Red Cross said the Athi River, the second longest in Kenya that runs south of Nairobi to the Indian Ocean, had burst its banks, blocking roads and leaving residents stranded.
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