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Event: FL Flood
Number: 2013-000004
Country: KEN Kenya
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Date (YMD): 2013-1-11
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Information Source:IFRC
Comments: The enhanced rains started in December 2012 and as per the current KMET forecasts the situation will continue till mid-January 2013. In Rift Valley the affected areas of Keiyo South and Pokot South districts are on the slopes with little vegetation cover. Nyando District within Nyanza province is located in the low lying Kano plains which receive flood water from the highlands of Rift Valley. The level of resilience of the residents in these affected locations has been weakened by the recent enhanced volume of precipitation within the country. A total of 2,156 households were affected with 939 households in Nyanza and 1,217 Households in Rift Valley. A total of 13 people have so far died, 765 displaced and 5 people still missing as a result of the disaster.
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