Visits on Sunday found some residents cleaning and carrying out repairs at their homes and businesses, where the floodwaters had subsided.
While an estimated 400,000 people across the country have been affected by the floods, in Garissa County, an estimated 6,400 households (32,000 people) are living in 12 camps for the internally displaced.
Victims of the River Tana's overflow urgently need food and non-food items, as determined by an assessment of camps in Garissa Township.
A spot check found some schools still flooded and some displaced persons yet to move out of their temporary shelters.
They say, however, that the new camp at the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization in Galbet Ward, is overcrowded, lacks water and tents, and is unhygienic.
The Auditor-General paints a troubling picture of mismanagement and misappropriation of emergency funds in several northern Kenyan counties.
The government suspended boat operations after one capsized in Kona Ponda, but restores them later, with strict conditions in place.
County Coordinator Daud Ahmed noted that with the River Tana flooding, more water could flow to parts of Garissa and Tana River counties.
Business people in Garissa town say they are unable to restock their empty shelves as the Garissa-Nairobi highway has been cut off.
To prevent cases of overloading, the vessels will carry a maximum of 10 people with luggage and 15 without.
Garissa Township Sub-County Deputy Commissioner Duncan Rono said the incident occurred as a result of negligence by the members of the public who were risking crossing the flooded area after the government closed the road and declared it unsafe for pedestrians.
The police said the owner of the boat fled after the incident.
Residents of Bulla Punda, Kamor, Sheikh, Vumbi, Windsor, and Bulla Nyuki were forced to move to higher ground after the floodwaters engulfed their houses.
