Floodwaters Stories

Sudan's rains spread wartime suffering across the country
Reuters  |  Aug 30, 2024

Floodwaters from heavy rains that started surging in earlier this month have brought devastation across a country already shattered by 500 days of fie...

Garissa deputy commissioner urges IDPs to return home as floodwaters subside
Issa Hussein  |  Jun 01, 2024

Chesut noted that over 300 families had already received cash relief support of Sh10,000 from donor partners to help them relocate as they await furth...

Flood risk alert: Health ministry issues key directives for schools
Amina Wako  |  May 18, 2024

Floodwaters can heighten the transmission of various water-borne and vector-borne diseases such as typhoid fever, cholera, malaria, yellow fever, chik...

Fear grips Garissa,Tana River counties as floods intensify, camp marooned
Issa Hussein  |  May 04, 2024

Floodwaters from River Tana which burst its banks have also affected Galbet and Iftin wards, where institutions housing internally displaced persons h...

Wajir, Garissa, Marsabit among counties to be affected by flash floods
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 11, 2024

Hundreds of families have so far been affected by floods in Nairobi, Baringo, Mwea, Tana River, and Kirinyaga since the onset of the long rain season.

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