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With a rising death toll, Kenya’s military evacuates people from flood-hit areas

December 14, 202312:47 PM ET
Enlarge this imagePeople wade through a section of a road destroyed by floods in Mandera County, Kenya, Wednesday.

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People wade through a section of a road destroyed by floods in Mandera County, Kenya, Wednesday.

Brian Inganga/AP

MANDERA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military hastened efforts Thursday to evacuate hundreds of people trapped by raging floods that have hit many parts of the East African country.
Floods have killed at least 170 and displaced more than 600,000 since the onset of heavy rains in November, according to the Red Cross, which is helping to coordinate the rescue efforts.
Tens of thousands of people in Northern Kenya have lost livestock, farmland and homes due to the floods described by aid groups as the worst in 100 years. An international team of scientists reported last week that human-caused climate change has made the ongoing rains in Eastern Africa up to two..

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