Floods destroy more than 100 homes in Kenya’s Turkana
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen Digital
Flash floods destroyed more than 100 homes in Turkana County, disrupting transport in several areas. In Tana River County, more than 200 head of livestock were swept away, while dozens of families across the country were left homeless, according to Citizen Digital.
In Tana River County, floods swept away more than 200 head of livestock in Kote, according to Citizen Digital. A resident, Abdinoor Hassan, says only 23 or 24 goats remain from a herd of 303 animals.
The floodwaters also swept away household belongings, and several families are left with only their surviving livestock. Residents are calling for rapid assistance from the government and the Muslim community. The village is cut off: roads are submerged, and pedestrians and motorists risk being swept into the Tana River. County representative Juma Dido says police were unable to pass by car and residents had to resort to motorcycle taxis.
In Turkana, amateur footage shows the state of the roads, where police officers transporting KCSE examination papers, the secondary school leaving examination, were stranded for more than an hour on Friday afternoon.
In the Tana Delta, flooding from dams had already affected 3,156 households on 30 October. Friday’s rains came after these late-October floods.
