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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emmanuel Igunza

Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130

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At least 130 people have died in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as flooding seen only once every 100 years.

Somalia bore the brunt of the flash floods that inundated the Horn of Africa region. The National Disaster Management Agency said 51 people have been killed across the country and a half-million displaced since the rains started in October.

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