Hundreds of families spent Wednesday night in the cold after Tana River burst its banks following spillage of dams in Kindaruma Dam. The most affected areas were Windsor and Bula Sheikh in Garissa town and Bakuyu, Ziwani and Mororo in Tana River county where houses were marooned overnight as water levels rose to crisis levels. This is one of the worst floods recorded in Garissa and the neighbouring Tana River county after El Nino in 1997. “Since the Elnino floods of 1997, we have had several floods, but I have never seen such a situation,” resident Abdi Mohamed said. On Wednesday, Garissa county commissioner Joshua Chepcheing urged residents along Tana River and flood-prone areas to move to higher ground.

Source: The Star April 26, 2018 23:03 UTC