Update 20 April 2020: On 20 April local media reported 4 dead, 24 missing and 4,000 displaced “following massive landslides on Saturday evening that hit Kipchumwa and Chesegon villages on…
One person has died and hundreds of families have been displaced after flooding in western Kenya. Kenya Red Cross reports that ongoing heavy rains in western Kenya have affected over…
Update, 31 January 2020: On 31 January media reported one person died in flooding from the overflowing Talek river in tourist areas of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok County.…
Flooding in Eastern Africa has now affected over 2.8 million, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Unusually heavy rain since…
Flooding in Kenya has affected more than 160,000 people since the onset of the short rains in October, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). At least 120 people…
Hours of heavy rain in western Kenya triggered massive landslides and flash floods in West Pokot County on 23 November, 2019. The government of West Pokot County said that, as…
Flooding across Kenya in the month of October has left at least 29 people dead and affected more than 101,000, according to the UN. In a report of 30 October,…
As heavy flooding in the Horn of Africa region continues to put the lives of many vulnerable communities at risk, the European Commission today is providing an additional €3 million…
Heavy rain in border areas between Kenya and Ethiopia has caused flooding in parts of northern Kenya. Local media report that around 1,000 people from 200 households have been displaced…
At least 6 people died and more are thought to be missing after flash floods in the western Kenya. The incident occurred on 01 September, 2019. The victims are thought…
Heavy rain has caused flooding in parts of Uganda and neighbouring areas of Kenya. Local media have reported at least 18 fatalities after a storm in Uganda’s Eastern Region. One…
Most African countries have made strong progress in achieving major development goals in the last few years. Despite this much needed progress, the past decade has seen flooding damage or…
As extreme rainfall brings more landslides, farmers are turning to bamboo to protect their land – and making an income from it, by Kagondu Njagi for Thomson Reuters Foundation. MAKOMBOKI,…
Media call it the worst flood of the century in the region. After more than two weeks of relentless rain, Kerala, a state at the southern tip of India, known…
NAIROBI, July 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tens of thousands of survivors of Kenya’s worst floods in recent years are living on the brink with barely enough food to eat…
NAIROBI, June 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When heavy rains hit Kenya’s capital in March, Penina Mueni’s three sewing machines went underwater. The tailor, who repairs clothes in southern Nairobi’s…
