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Persons are helped to cross a flooded Muuoni Riverat Mukaa space, Makueni county, Kenya’s Japanese area, Friday Nov. 24, 2023.
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The dying toll from devastating floods continues to rise in Kenya reaching at the least 20.
Late on Thursday (Nov. 23), at the least eight individuals had been reported to have drowned in southern Kenya as they tried to cross the flooded Muuoni river in Makueni county.
Elements of important infrastructures have been washed away and villages are swamped by flood waters.
The Coast, Northern and Central Kenya areas are the worst hit by the El Nino phenomenon.
The Kenyan authorities has put aside 2.4 billion Kenyan Shillings (some 19 million $) to help these affected, information outlet Nation reported.
Nation cited Peninah Malonza, the cupboard secretary for East African Group, the Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs) & Regional Growth.
Since October 1, flooding has killed over 100 individuals within the Horn of Africa and displaced greater than 700,000, in keeping with the UN Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
It added that the floods had displaced greater than 700,000 within the area.
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