NAIROBI, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person has been confirmed dead in Kilifi County, as hundreds have been displaced and roads cut off in different parts of Kenya’s coastal region due to ongoing rains.
In the Majajani area in Kilifi County, one person died after he was covered by debris from his house which collapsed while he was asleep on Thursday night.
A relative said the deceased had earlier been warned against sleeping in the house which had developed cracks as a result of ongoing rains.
In different parts of Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, and Tana River counties, hundreds of people have been displaced by floods following heavy downpours in the last three days.
In Pandanguo and Jima villages in Witu Division of Lamu West, at least 3,000 families are staring at imminent starvation after the main road in the area was cut off by floods following heavy rains.
Following heavy rains this week, the 21-kilometre road has been cut off and swept away at Ziwa La Kiboko section. Now residents of Pandanguo and Jima villages cannot cross over to Witu and vice versa.
In Mombasa, the Kenya Red Cross had to deploy boats to evacuate residents of Bombolulu and Kisauni whose houses were submerged by flood waters.
In Kwale, tens of candidates sitting their ongoing national examinations at Ramisi Secondary School were on Thursday and Friday forced to use boats after River Ramisi broke its banks causing flooding in the area.
The candidates living in the Kanana area could not access the examination centre in the morning, forcing security agencies to use a boat to transport them in the flooded area.
According to Lungalunga Assistant County Commissioner Robert Shunet, authorities swung into action to help the candidates from Kanana access Ramisi across the burst river.
Other than candidates, the transport was paralyzed along the major highway heading to the Lunga Lunga border after the roads became impassable due to the high water levels. — NNN-AGENCIES
