Heavy rains and devastating floods claim 15 lives in Kenya, displacing over 15,000 households.
At least 15 people have died in Kenya as floods swept away scores of houses and devastated farmland following torrential rains, the Red Cross said on Monday.
More than 1 000 livestock have died while at least 97 hectares of agricultural farmland have been destroyed, it added.The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, said last month that eastern Africa would likely encounter heavier than normal rains over the October-December period because of the El Nino phenomenon.
El Nino is a naturally occurring weather pattern associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought in some parts of the world and heavy rains elsewhere.
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