Many displaced as floods wreak havoc in Kenya
Kenya's meteorological department had warned the country was set to experience very heavy rainfall and asked people to prepare for floods
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Kenya's meteorological department had warned the country was set to experience very heavy rainfall and asked people to prepare for floods
More than 540 families have been rendered homeless in Karachuonyo, Homa Bay County, after four villages were submerged on Tuesday night by floods.
The situation will increase the number of families displaced by floods
Gone with floods: Rising Lake Victoria upends livelihoods Wednesday February 10 2021 A flooded village in Chuowe Beach in Homa Bay County on December 11, 2019. FILE PHOTO | NMG By LEOPOLD OBI Summary Those who called the semi-permanent structures home would have loved to continue living there, but apocalyptic floods made their choice for them. The floods which began in early 2020 displaced more than 200,000 people in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania- the three East African countries. Experts now warn that the flood is unlikely to be a one-off occurrence. Buildings that once stood defiantly along Ch...