Ten people were on Sunday morning killed after a minibus they were traveling in was swept away by raging floods in Kenya.

 

Ten people die after PSV vehicle is swept away by flood in Kiambu County

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Published on Nov 29, 2015

Ten people were on Sunday morning killed after a matatu they were traveling in was swept away by raging floods in Gatundu, Kiambu county. The ten who are are believed to be from the same family were traveling back from a dowry ceremony when the journey turned tragic. Seven people among them a ten year old boy were rescued. This as more than a hundred and twenty households in Migori county were displaced by raging floods.

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Ten killed as a 14-seater matatu is swept by floods in Gatundu, Kiambu County

By Cyrus Ombati

Ten people were Sunday morning killed when a they were travelling was swept away by raging water in Nyakibai, Gatundu North, Kiambu County.

The ten, who are believed to be from the same family, drowned while seven survivors were taken to the local health centre, treated and discharged.

This gave an indication the van had 17 passengers at the time of the accident.

Traffic commandant Jecinta Kinyua said the victims were from a dowry ceremony in Nyahururu and were headed for Kandara in Murang’a County when the accident happened.

Ms Kinyua say the accident happened at about 1 a.m. Among the survivors was a ten-year-old boy, she said. “We suspect the driver was tired at the time of the accident because he had driven for long and it was heavily raining,” said Ms Kinyua who had visited the scene.

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Cars floating in rivers that were once streets, water gushing through ceilings and people sailing to work on boats – that’s the current picture in Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Floating cars, people in boats: Havoc as Qatar, Saudi Arabia ravaged by heavy rains (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Published time: 26 Nov, 2015 08:45

 

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Cars floating in rivers that were once streets, water gushing through ceilings and people sailing to work on boats – that’s the current picture in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, both desert countries, which should be dry and sunny for the whole year.

 

Qatar’s capital Doha was apparently unprepared for the deluge and flooding that damaged many buildings in the city. The area near the capital’s Hamad International Airport was hammered with around 66mm of rain in just a few days, according to the Qatar Meteorology Department. For the record, Doha has 75mm of rain on average a year.

 Many buildings at the multibillion-dollar airport failed to hold up to the torrent: pictures and videos on social media show water flooding into the passenger terminal.

 

 

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Cascades of water fell from a ceiling inside Ezdan Mall in Doha, Doha News reported.
“Inclement weather” prompted the closure of schools across the country as well as the US Embassy in Qatar on Wednesday.



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Sri Lanka Floods – 1 Dead and 2,600 Displaced after 230 mm of Rain in 24 Hours

 

 

16 November, 2015 by FloodList News in Asia, News · 0 Comment

 

 

Floods in northern Sri Lanka, November 2015. Photo: Sri Lanka Red Cross

Many areas of Sri Lanka have been affected by floods after heavy rainfall on Sunday 15 November 2015. Northern areas of the country have been among the worst hit. Mannar in Northern Province saw over 230 mm of rain in 24 hours.

According to Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC), one death has been reported in Kilinochchi district, Northern Province, as a result of the floods.

DMC also report that 19,916 people (6,310 families) have been affected by flooding in the districts of Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Killinochchi, Trincomalee, Puttalam and Gampaha. As many 2,600 have been forced from their homes by the flooding. Relief camps have been set up in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Puttalam to house those displaced.

The Sri Lanka government say that the spill gates of 22 of the main reservoirs in the country have been opened, including in Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Hambantota and Kurunegala.




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