Kenya Red Cross rescues more than 90 people from hotels and lodges as heavy rainfall continues
Scores of tourists have been evacuated by air from Kenya’s Maasai Mara national reserve after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains battered the country.
Tourist accommodation facilities were submerged after a river within the Maasai Mara broke its banks on Wednesday morning. The reserve, in south-westThe Kenya Red Cross said it rescued more than 90 people. The Narok county government said it deployed two helicopters to carry out evacuations in the expansive conservation area.Photograph: Bobby Neptune/AP
On Wednesday, three big roads in the capital, Nairobi, were temporarily closed due to flooding. The Kenya Red Cross rescued 11 people from a residential area – Kitengela – in the outskirts of Nairobi after their homes flooded overnight.On Monday, a river broke through a clogged tunnel in the Mai Mahiu area in western Kenya, sweeping away houses and damaging roads. The incident left 48 people dead and more than 80 others missing.
Search and rescue operations across Mai Mahiu continue. President William Ruto on Tuesday ordered the military to join in the search. Local people say rescue efforts have been slow due to a lack of equipment to dig through the debris. The government has urged people living in flood-prone areas to evacuate or be moved forcefully as water levels in two hydroelectric dams has risen to a “historic high”.
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