{"id":2102815,"date":"2023-11-18T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-to-at-least-130-in-kenya-somalia-and-ethiopia-floods\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T15:50:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:50:01","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-at-least-130-in-kenya-somalia-and-ethiopia-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-to-at-least-130-in-kenya-somalia-and-ethiopia-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll Rises To At Least 130 In Kenya, Somalia And Ethiopia Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeath-toll-rises-to-at-least-130-in-kenya-somalia-and-ethiopia-floods%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2102815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Residents of Chamwana Muma village walk through flood water \u2062after using a makeshift bridge to cross the swollen River\u200b Tana, in \u2062Tana Delta, , on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo\/Gideon Maundu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Ongoing\u200b Devastation from Flooding \u200bin Kenya, Ethiopia, and \u2062Somalia<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a> <br \/>12:43\u200b PM \u2013 Saturday, \u200dNovember 18, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The death toll continues to rise from flooding in Kenya,\u2064 Ethiopia, and Somalia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>At least 130 people have \u200bdied in the three African countries as a result of heavy rains \u200bthat aid\u2062 officials \u2064described as occurring\u200b only once every 100 years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HAPPENING NOW<br \/>This is Bambuli\u200b Mombasa Kenya\u2026.<br \/>Vechicles swept by floods <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ka6OjAHDOK\">pic.twitter.com\/ka6OjAHDOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eya\u2062 Nyiiga (@AidenOwa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AidenOwa\/status\/1725511890820821032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The National Disaster Management \u200bAgency \u200cstated that at least 51 people\u200b have been killed\u200b across Somalia\u2064 alone and\u2064 a half-million displaced since the rains started\u2064 in October.<\/p>\n<p>They also reported that emergency responders are concerned that the\u200b death toll will\u2063 grow in Somalia because many individuals \u2062are still missing as after highways and bridges were \u2064washed away, parts of the \u2064country remained blocked \u200boff and unreachable, stranding thousands of citizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe national army has sent rescue boats and emergency helicopters to\u2064 help the people\u2064 trapped by floods.\u200b We are appealing for international help\u201d the \u200cNational Disaster Management \u2062Agency said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, the town of Beledweyne in central\u200d Somalia was totally drowned after the Shabelle River burst its banks, displacing an \u200bestimated 250,000 people, or 90%\u200c of the population.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Somali federal \u2062government declared a state of emergency after \u2062severe\u200c weather, exacerbated\u2064 by the \u2063natural weather \u200cphenomenon El Nino, devastated homes, roads, and bridges. <\/p>\n<p>In neighboring Kenya, the Kenya\u2063 Red Cross Society claimed that hundreds \u200cof houses were carried away\u2063 along the coast and in northern\u200b Kenya, killing \u200dmore than 50\u200b people and displacing at least 30,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Tana River County Commissioner \u200cMohammed Noor\u200c spoke \u200cto reporters\u200b stating that the\u2064 situation also was\u200c desperate in his region, where the floods have displaced about 7,000 households.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ethiopian authorities, the \u2063death toll from the floods has risen to 30 in their country\u2064 as a \u2063result of \u200c\u201cunrelenting \u200drainfall in the\u200b Gambella, Afar, and Somali regions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2063news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe\u2064 here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mr. Speaker releases the\u2063 J6 Tapes and\u200c Sam \u200dAltman is replaced by Mira Murati as OpenAI Chief<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>It has been \u200dtwo months since Texas Attorney General\u2062 Ken \u2062Paxton\u2019s impeachment\u200c acquittal\u2063 yet the\u2063 State\u2063 House Of Representatives \u2064will not reveal how \u2063much\u2063 it spent\u2063 on private attorneys \u200cto make their case. \u200bChanel Rion\u2062 has more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Vivek Ramaswamy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ted Harvey<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The board \u2064of the company behind ChatGPT \u200dfired CEO Sam Altman, sending shock\u2064 waves across the tech industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Spotify \u200dexpanded its partnership with Google Cloud to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-ag-moving-trumps-d-c-trial-to-west-virginia-is-a-win-for-everybody\/\" title=\"West Virginia AG: Shifting Trump's D.C. Trial to WV is a 'Win-Win'\">large\u2062 language models<\/a>\u200c to help\u200c identify a user\u2019s listening patterns \u2063across podcasts and audiobooks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Starlink has secured a contract to offer free internet in Mexico until the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. lawmakers asked Apple Inc to explain the abrupt end of political comedian Jon Stewart\u2019s\u200b television show on its streaming service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200drnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the immediate needs of the affected population in Kenya,\u200b Ethiopia, and Somalia following\u2064 the flooding?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Es. He emphasized the urgent need for humanitarian assistance to provide food, clean water, and shelter to the affected population.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Ethiopia has also \u200bbeen severely impacted by the \u200cflooding. According to the country&#8217;s Emergency Operations Center, at least 29 people have died and thousands have been displaced \u200dacross multiple\u2062 regions. The heavy rains \u200bhave caused rivers to overflow, destroying homes, crops, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Flooded\u200d streets \u200bin Beledweyne, Somalia. (AP Photo\/Farah\u200c Abdi Warsameh)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported \u200cthat the \u200bflooding in the region is the worst \u200cin recent history. The combination of \u2063heavy rains and poor\u2063 infrastructure \u2062has resulted in widespread devastation and limited access to affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian organizations and governments from around the world have mobilized to provide support and assistance to the affected countries. Aid agencies such as the Red Cross, Save the Children, and Oxfam are working on\u2062 the\u2063 ground to provide emergency relief, including medical aid, clean\u2063 water, and hygiene kits.<\/p>\n<p>However, the scale of the disaster and the extent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-to-at-least-130-in-kenya-somalia-and-ethiopia-floods\/\" title=\"Death Toll Rises To At Least 130 In Kenya, Somalia And Ethiopia Floods\">damage require additional resources<\/a> and international assistance. The affected countries are appealing for more \u200bsupport to address the immediate needs of the affected population and \u2064help them recover from\u2063 this devastating event.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing flooding not only poses immediate risks to the\u2062 lives \u2064and well-being of the affected population but also exacerbates existing challenges in the \u200bregion, such as food \u200dinsecurity and the spread of waterborne diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to address the underlying causes of these disasters, such as climate change and inadequate infrastructure, are crucial to prevent future occurrences and build resilience in these vulnerable\u2064 areas.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the flooding in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia has resulted in significant loss of life, displacement of communities, and destruction of infrastructure. The affected countries are in urgent need of international support to provide emergency \u200drelief\u200c and assist in the recovery and\u200d rebuilding process. \u2062Long-term solutions and investments in climate resilience are also essential to mitigate the impact of future disasters in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Chamwana Muma village walk through flood water after using a makeshift bridge to cross the swollen River Tana, in Tana Delta, , on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo\/Gideon Maundu) OAN\u2019s\u00a0Abril Elfi\u00a012:43 PM \u2013 Saturday, November 18, 2023 The death toll continues to rise from flooding in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. 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