Established in 2022, the team will now be referred to as the National Steering Committee on Disaster Response and will handle all natural disasters, n...

County Coordinator Daud Ahmed noted that with the River Tana flooding, more water could flow to parts of Garissa and Tana River counties.

Amoth highlighted key services such as water chlorination, waste disposal, and immunisation via the dispatch of teams to villages.

The water company apologised to customers for any inconvenience caused by the disruption.

An evacuation aircraft was deployed to transport patients to Kenyatta National Hospital for specialised treatment.

The police said the owner of the boat fled after the incident.