Residents of Chamwana Muma village walk through flood water after using a makeshift bridge to cross the swollen River Tana, in Tana Delta, , on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Gideon Maundu)OAN’s Abril Elfi12:43 PM – Saturday, November 18, 2023The death toll continues to rise from flooding in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. In neighboring Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross Society claimed that hundreds of houses were carried away along the coast and in northern Kenya, killing more than 50 people and displacing at least 30,000 people. Tana River County Commissioner Mohammed Noor spoke to reporters stating that the situation also was desperate in his region, where the floods have displaced about 7,000 households. According to Ethiopian authorities, the death toll from the floods has risen to 30 in their country as a result of “unrelenting rainfall in the Gambella, Afar, and Somali regions.”Stay informed!

Source: Ethiopian News November 18, 2023 21:46 UTC