May 1, 2018

Mercy Juma

BBC Africa, Nairobi


The Kenya Red Cross says that at least 100 people have been killed and
242,000 displaced by four weeks of floods, landslides and heavy rains.

The relief organisation called it a humanitarian disaster which needs
emergency funding.

Most of those affected had their homes either swept away or submerged by
flood waters.

Most victims have had to be resettled in schools and the organisation says
they have been overstretched by the crisis.

Its Secretary General, Abbas Gullet, said they are greatly concerned about
outbreaks of cholera and other waterborne diseases.

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Over 41000 households have so far been displaced by flood waters in various
parts of the country. We continue to respond and provide support to those
affected.
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Much of the country has been affected although the meteorological
department says some parts of north-eastern Kenya have seen the heaviest
records of rainfall in two decades.

A new school term is due to begin on Wednesday but hundreds of schools will
remain closed in this region.

In neighbouring Somalia, more than 250,000 people are displaced after two
of the largest rivers in the central region, the Shebelle and the Juba,
burst their banks, flooding nearby towns and villages including Beledweyne
and Baidoa towns.

This is the rainy season in both Kenya and Somalia but regions recovering
from recent drought are struggling to cope with the unusually heavy
downpour.










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