Kenya's government has begun bulldozing homes built in flood-prone areas and promising evicted families the equivalent of $75 to relocate.
Beaches were deserted and many shops closed on Saturday as heavy rains and winds from a tropical cyclone buffeted coastal areas of Tanzania and Kenya.
Source: Reduce Flooding Blog - Bob Rehak Date: 05/01/2024 4:35pm. Article Summary: "East Fork Homes Flooding Continues, Another Flood Watch Issued"
Heavy rains wreak havoc in southern Brazil, leaving many homeless and raising fears of further chaos.
Kenya's worst flooding in decades highlights the urgent need for more robust mitigation efforts, including flood risk maps and early warning systems, say climate scientists.
A family in a North Yorkshire town have been forced to move into emergency
Heavy rain caused a flash flood at midnight
During April 2024, heavy rains in Kenya and Tanzania caused massive
A family in a North Yorkshire town have been forced to move into emergency
The Kenyan government has postponed the reopening of schools by a week due to the ongoing floods that have killed more than 80 people so far.
The country’s wet season, which began in March, has brought some of the most catastrophic weather seen in years
People living in Nairobi’s Mathare slum fear that if catastrophic flooding does not bring down their homes, the government will Jane Kalekye trudges through the narrow muddy alley to her tin-roof house in Mathare, one of Kenya’s largest slums. Ever since the devastating floods that forced her out of her home last month, she and other residents who live by the rubbish-choked Mathare River, which runs through their area of Nairobi, have begun an anxious countdown.It is only a matter of time...