Kenya - Floods (Kenya Met Department, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 November 2023)

Heavy rainfall has been affecting eastern Kenya (in particular the Mandera County, the northeasternmost county of the Country, bordering with Ethiopia and Somalia) since 2 November, causing floods and rivers overflow (particularly the Dawa River) that have resulted in casualties and damage.

Media report, as of 6 November, five fatalities across the Mandera County, of which three in the Mandera South Constituency. In addition, media also report more than 1,800 displaced families, nearly 5,000 affected houses and a total of over 4,900 affected people throughout the County.

Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over most of the Country, including the already affected Mandera County.