Weeks of torrential rain after a long drought have turned from blessing to curse in East Africa, killing hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands of others.
In Kenya, which had suffered from three failed rainy seasons, 120 people have died in two months, including eight who were swept off a bridge in a flashflood Thursday night outside the capital, witnesses said.
The Red Cross appealed for $5 million (four million euros) to help those affected.
Since early March, “112 people have lost their lives countrywide,” Red Cross Secretary General Abbas Gullet told a press conference Friday, not including Thursday night’s incident.
Flooding has washed away bridges and homes, with the military airlifting residents from submerged houses in some parts of the country.
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Source: Seychelles News Agency
