Kenya flood toll rises to 179 as homes and roads are destroyed

Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 179 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government said on Wednesday, as dozens more were killed in neighboring Tanzania and Burundi, Report informs via Araba News.

Torrential rain and floods have destroyed homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure across the region. The death toll in Kenya exceeds that from flooding triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon late last year.

Last year’s rains followed the worst drought in large parts of East Africa in decades.