Kenyan Red Cross personnel and volunteers conduct search and rescue missions –<br />Copyright © africanews<br />Brian Inganga/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved

The Kenya Red Cross team responded to a distress call to save people marooned by water and trapped in their houses.

We came with a trained team in aqua search and rescue, with a rubber boat with an engine to negotiate those obstacle areas and try to extract the people, John Abelio, National Disaster Management Coordinator at Red Cross, Kenya said.

It is estimated that flooding has affected over 100 thousand people, destroyed crops, and damaged infrastructure, schools, homes, and small businesses.

Earlier this week, the Red Cross mobilised tactical teams to aid in search and rescue efforts in various parts of the capital, Nairobi, affected by heavy rainfall last Saturday.

All my crops have been destroyed. I will not harvest anything because of the floods. We are hungry. The government should help us, she pleaded.

The United Nations says that since mid-March, at least 35 people have died in flooding events.

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