'It swept everything': Kenya villagers count toll of dam deluge

Mai Mahiu (AFP) April 29, 2024

At least 46 people including children died when a makeshift dam burst its banks in Kenya's Rift Valley in the early hours of Monday, a local official said, as torrential rains and floods battered the country. Scores of people have been killed over the March-May wet season in Kenya as heavier than usual rainfall pounds East Africa, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern. Residents said