By LUCY MKANYIKAMore by this AuthorOver 5,000 people in Taveta, Taita-Taveta County, have been displaced following floods that hit the area after heavy rains pounded the area and neighbouring Tanzania. We are waiting for the water to stop flowing then we will know the exact number of people affected by the floods,” he said. Petro Kiriro, a farmer in Mboghonyi, Taveta Sub-County, Taita-Taveta, in his flooded banana plantation on May 8, 2017. Mr Kiriro also said some of the bananas were ready for harvest but have been destroyed by the floods. Taveta Sub-County administrator Catherine Zawadi said they were waiting for the Red Cross report before they know how many people had been affected by the floods.

Source: Daily Nation May 08, 2017 11:37 UTC