800+ Families Displaced by Tana River Flooding
After the River Tana overflowed its banks due to the intense rainfall in the region, Mororo, Bakuyu, and Ziwani villages in Madogo, Tana River County, have lost more than 800 families.
As a result of the severe flooding and the subsequent closure of roads, families are now in dire need of humanitarian aid.
Hundreds of families who have been displaced from their residences have erected makeshift structures in the area, which was visited by Citizen TV.
“Tumepoteza mali yetu yote,tuko kwa shida tuko kwa giza,jana tumesalia tu hapa,” Rehema Vishar, a resident. said.
Another resident, Fowzia Abdallah, stated: “Tangu jana hata hatujakula, unaona hii mchele haina mafuta ndio nimetafutia watoto watakula, jana wamekunywa maji pekee usiku wakalala.”
In collaboration with the Red Cross Society and the Department of Special Programmes, the County Government of Tana River has intensified its efforts to provide non-food items to one hundred families residing in IDP settlements while they procure food.
“Changamoto tumepata hii leo ni athari ni kubwa,wazidi kuzingatia swala la kuhama, athari huenda ziwe kubwa,” Special Programmes Director Luluita Sokorote said.
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As soon as the floods cut off the Garissa-Bura-Tana-Hola-Malindi-Mombasa road at Bilbil, reconstruction commenced.
Extensive damage was also caused to roads in the Mikinduni neighborhood of Hola town by the raging flooding.
Approximately 85 households in the villages of Karachuonyo and Wahambla have been forced from their residences in Homa Bay County as a result of the persistent heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Food aid was distributed to families by the Homa Bay County administration.
“Imeharibu mali ya watu wetu, tumekuja na usaidizi zaidi ila pia tutafute suluhu ya kudumu kwa hii changamoto,” Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga said.
The inundation of the Dubai-Bahati road in Lodwar, Turkana County, halted the operations of all enterprises in the municipality.
“Mvua imetuharibia sana hata inafanya biashara zetu tusifanye kwa haraka,” Naomi Mana, a trader in Lodwar, said.
Heavy rainfall in various regions of Kenya had displaced at least 85,000 households as of Wednesday, according to the Kenya Red Cross.
800+ Families Displaced by Tana River Flooding