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Dozens killed after dam bursts in Kenya's Rift Valley
[PRESSTV] A dam has burst on a commercial flower farm in central Kenya after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a "sea of water" that smashed into two villages, killing at least 47 people.The private Patel dam burst its earthen banks on Wednesday evening in Solai, near the Rift Valley city of Nakuru. The walls of the reservoir, situated on top of a hill in Nakuru county 190 km (120 miles) northwest of Nairobi, gave way as nearby residents were sitting down to evening meals. Media reports said emergency workers had spent the night combing through engulfed houses to retrieve bodies. Local police chief Japheth Kioko said on Thursday that the corpse count could rise as more bodies are pulled from the mud. "So far it is 47 dead. We are still on the ground," the officials said. Dozens of children are among those killed in the devastating flooding. Posted by: Fred 2018-05-11 |
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