+++ title = "The floods in Kenya in April/ May 2024" hascode = false date = Date(2024, 7, 13) rss = "Floods in Kenya"
tags = ["kenya", "climate"] +++
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For weeks there was heavy rain in Kenya, 267 people died due to the severe weather and thousands lost their homes. There are now more than 281 000 displaced people.
Further reading:
- Death toll rises as more torrential rain forecast (The Guardian, 27 April 2024)
- Dam bursts at Kenyan town Mai-Mahiu-Nakuru (The Guardian, 29 April 2024)
- What is behind the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya (Associated Press, 04 May 2024)
- Floods in Kenya (NPR.org, 10 May 2024)