The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Kenya’s capital Nairobi and elsewhere has nearly doubled to 42, the government said in a statement issued late on Sunday.
Intense rains on Friday unleashed heavy and widespread flooding, causing some people to drown, washing away vehicles and disrupting traffic at the country’s largest airport.
The previous death toll was 23.
Emergency workers from various agencies including the military were still conducting search and rescue operations across the country, Geoffrey Kiringa Ruku, minister for public service and human capital development said in the statement.
“Search mission is still in progress by the multi agency emergency response teams with the aim of ensuring that bodies of all the flood victims are found and retrieved,” he said.
The floods had also done extensive damage to infrastructure and livelihoods. But 172 vehicles that had been swept away by flood waters have been recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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