KENYA (KAAB TV) – Torrential rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a spokesman said, more than doubling the figure reported earlier this week.
Kenya and other regional countries in East Africa, an area particularly vulnerable to climate change, have been struck by rain in recent emergencies.
“The official number of Kenyans who have lost their lives in the flood situation is now 70 people,” activist Isaac Mwaura said in Decision X, following torrential rains that killed 32 people in Nairobi.
According to the report, 15 individuals were killed in the Rift Valley region after an event that emphasised the country’s disaster companies. An announcement was published as well.
According to the report, the floods have affected over 120,000 people, with 22 others missing and eight more still missing.
The government has given 3.3 billion Kenyan shillings ($24.5 million) for a “initial emergency response,” which included, at the time, emergency shelter and food.
According to Belio Kipsang, the general registrar, the flood “greatly needed” 64 steps in Nairobi, which account for around three-quarters of the capital’s total area.
However, Vice President Rigathi Gachagua said “schools will reopen as scheduled” after the mid-term breaks this month.
Kenyans have been informed to be prepared for severe rainfall in the next days, while monsoon rains will affect East Africa.
The floods were caused by the El Nino phenomenon.
El Nino is a naturally occurring weather pattern that is typically related with global warming. It can cause humidity in some regions of the world and copious rains others.
Meanwhile, flooding and landslides killed at least 155 people in neighbouring Tanzania.
Tanzania’s Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, claimed on Thursday that the calamity has touched more than 200,000 people.
He said that residences, properties, crops, and economic infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, and schools had been damaged or destroyed.
The United Nations and Burundi’s government announced last month that months of relentless rain had displaced approximately 96,000 people.
In a recent study released this week, the United Nations Humanitarian Organisation (OCHA) stated that spring rains in Somalia are increasing from April to June, with major flooding observed till April 19.
According to the report, four people were killed, and over 800 people were affected or displaced throughout the country.
In Uganda, large storms caused the river’s banks to overflow, resulting in two deaths and injuries in several hundred villages.
Last year, severe rainfall and floods killed over 300 people in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia The region struggled to recover from its worst drought in 40 years. Millions of people are starving.