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El Niño rains in Kenya have caused devastating flooding and killed over 120 people. Here's what it looks like.
El Niño rains in Kenya have caused devastating flooding and killed over 120 people. Here's what it looks like.
Katie BalevicJan 15, 2024, 05:53 IST
Residents help a young child while trying to cross a road damaged by El Niño rains on November 25, 2023.Brian Inganga/AP
Severe flooding in Kenya has displaced hundreds of people and left over 120 dead.
The weather event El Niño is impacting the climate patterns, causing temperatures to rise.
Mass flooding in Africa is displacing hundreds of people in Kenya by flooding roads and communities.
The chaotic weather stems from the El Niño Southern Oscillation, a weather event that occurs naturally and irregularly about every two to seven years. It creates a domino-like weather effect impacting areas across the globe with varying rainfall and temperature changes, per the World Health Organization.
In eastern Africa, El Niño typically causes wet conditions, according to the WHO. These photos show the devastating impact that the weather fluctuations can have.
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Kenya has felt heavy rains since October.
Residents cross a road damaged during flooding in Tana River county on November 25, 2023.Brian Inganga/AP
Rains are expected to continue into January.
Police officers walk through a flooded compound within the Gamba Police station in Garsen, Kenya on December 2, 2023.Gideon Maundu/AP
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The death toll has reached the triple digits.
Residents help a young child while trying to cross a road damaged by El Niño rains on November 25, 2023.Brian Inganga/AP
Floods have destroyed roads, farms, and livestock.
Boats ferry passengers from one side of the closed road from flooding in Garsen, Kenya on December 2, 2023.Gideon Maundu/AP
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Residents have been forced to make temporary shelters.
Displaced people camp at a compound in Kenya on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023.Gideon Maundu/AP