More rain expected in Kenya where weeks of devastating floods have left scores dead

(27 Apr 2024)
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Makueni County, Kenya - 27 April 2024
1. Various of truck stuck in a flooded stream
2. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Veronicah Mwende, Makueni resident:
"We are just waiting for the water to subside so that the young men here can check for bodies that might have been stuck in the sand below the water, so that the bodies can be retrieved."
3. People looking at truck in water
4. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Mark Mutunga, Makueni Resident:
"Almost 20 people were swept away by floods into the river, 11 people were saved. This morning we were able to pull out the lorry."
5. Various of truck being pulled out of the water

STORYLINE:
Flooding and heavy rain in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were reported earlier this week.

Eight bodies were retrieved Saturday from a river in Makueni County, east of the country, after a truck they were traveling in was swept off a submerged bridge. Another 14 were rescued, according to local people.

Residents say the truck was carrying more than 30 people when it attempted to cross the flooded bridge.

They fear other bodies will be pulled out when the water subsides.

The East African country has seen weeks of heavy rain and severe flooding in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as well as in the country's western and central regions.

More than 130,000 people are currently affected with thousands of houses washed away and others flooded.

Some 64 public schools in the capital were flooded and had to shut down.

Roads and bridges have been damaged or destroyed.

AP Video by Andrew Kasuku

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