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Jakarta –
At least 155 people died in Tanzania finished heavy rain associated with El Nino triggering floods and landslides. Hundreds of thousands of residents in Tanzania are affected flood and this great landslide.
Reported AFPFriday (26/4/2024), Tanzania and other countries in East Africa–a region particularly vulnerable to climate change–were hit by higher than normal rainfall during the current rainy season, with dozens of deaths also reported in Kenya.
Tanzania’s Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said more than 51,000 households and 200,000 people were affected by the rain, with 155 fatalities and 236 people injured.
“Heavy El Nino rains, accompanied by strong winds, floods and landslides in various parts of the country, have caused enormous damage,” Majaliwa told parliament in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma.
“This includes loss of life, destruction of crops, houses, residents’ property, and infrastructure such as roads, bridges and trains,” he added.
El Nino is a natural climate pattern usually associated with increasing hot temperatures around the world, drought in some parts of the world, and heavy rains in others, and can have devastating impacts in East Africa.
Meanwhile, in Burundi, one of the poorest countries in the world, around 96,000 people were forced to flee their homes due to months of incessant rain.
Additionally, around 45 people have died in Kenya since the start of the rainy season in March, including 13 people who lost their lives in flash floods in the capital Nairobi this week.
Kenyan President William Ruto called an emergency multi-agency meeting on Thursday (25/4) to respond to the crisis after heavy rains triggered floods that caused chaos across the city, blocking roads and bridges and engulfing homes in slum areas.
Kenyans have been warned to remain vigilant, as more heavy rain is expected across the country, while officials said people living in the most vulnerable areas would be relocated.
“The government… will do whatever is necessary, using all necessary resources in the form of money and personnel to ensure that there are no casualties and that the people of Kenya are protected from this disaster,” said Vice President, Rigathi Gachagua.
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