Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Kenya floods: Rescue works underway as death toll nears 100 !

Kenya floods: Rescue works underway as death toll nears 100

Time:2024-05-22 01:30:18 source:Global Glimpse news portal

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100.

Some schools remained “adversely affected” by the flooding, the Education Ministry said Sunday night. Local media reported that more than 100 schools were flooded, some with collapsed walls and roofs blown away.

All schools were set to reopen on Monday but will now open on May 6.

Ninety-three people have died in the flooding in Kenya and that number is expected to rise after a boat capsized in the northern Garissa county on Sunday night. The Kenyan Red Cross said it had rescued 23 people from the boat, but more than a dozen people were still missing.

Related information
  • Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates
  • Nation's rich cultural heritage continues to captivate
  • Season of flowers: Bullet trains bound for spring in Xizang
  • Bodies of foreign aid workers transferred to Egypt from Gaza
  • Ravens sign WR Qadir Ismail, the son of former NFL receiver Qadry Ismail
  • Over 1.1M people in Gaza facing food insecurity: UN
  • Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's 3 sons killed in Israeli raid
  • Fighter jets fire at targets in live
Recommended content
  • Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
  • Russia ready for dialogue with Ukraine: Kremlin
  • Nation aims to create over 12 million new jobs
  • Top DPRK leader oversees ground jet test of solid
  • China's first intelligent offshore drilling platform installed
  • UK's Princess of Wales says she is under cancer treatment