After days of torrential rain across East Africa, Tanzania's prime minister says at least 155 people have been killed in flooding, while at least 13 killed have died in neighboring Kenya.
After days of torrential rain across East Africa , Tanzania 's prime minister says at least 155 people have been killed in flooding, while at least 13 killed have died in neighboring Kenya .In an address to parliament, the East Africa n leader added that around 200,000 people are impacted by flooding and that there was significant damage to homes, infrastructure and crops in a number of parts of the country.
"We recovered three more bodies today and the search is going on because we have people who were reported missing," local police commander Fred Abuga told AFP news agency.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later. Gachagua, citing weather forecasts, warned that Kenya would experience above-average rainfall over the coming days and urged people in low-lying communities to move to higher ground.
The UN agency said the 2023-2024 El Nino peaked in December as one of the five strongest on record and said there was a 60% chance of persisting through May.
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