(23 Apr 2024)
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Machakos, Kenya – 22 April 2024
1. Wide of residents looking at houses submerged in water
2. Various of Red Cross rescue team wading through flood water to save trapped people
3. Various of John Abelio, National Disaster Management Coordinator at Red Cross, Kenya
4. SOUNDBITE (English) John Abelio, National Disaster Management Coordinator at Red Cross, Kenya:
"As you see behind me there are so many houses marooned by water and people are trapped inside. So we came with a trained team, in aqua search and rescue, with a rubber boat, with an engine to negotiate those obstacle areas and try to extract the people trapped inside."
5. Various of Red cross rescue team talking with a person trapped in a house
6. Various of Red cross rescue team walking through flood waters
7. Mid of Martha Waema, flood victim
8. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Martha Waema, flood victim:
"The floods have ruined our farms. I had farmed about three acres of land, all my crops have been destroyed. I will not harvest anything because of the floods. Other people’s farms have also been ruined. We are hungry. The government should help us."
9. Various of a house surrounded by flood water
10. Various of a Red Cross rescue team member in flood water
STORYLINE:
People have been displaced by flood waters in Kenya as the devastating toll of the heavy rains and floods in Kenya continues to rise.
Residents of Machakos county were stranded by flood water that destroyed their homes and farms.
The Kenya Red Cross team responded to a distress call on Monday evening to save people trapped in their houses.
"As you see behind me there are so many houses marooned by water and people are trapped inside. So we came with a trained team in aqua search and rescue, with a rubber boat with an engine to negotiate those obstacle areas and try to extract the people trapped inside," said John Abelio, National Disaster Management Coordinator at Red Cross, Kenya.
Martha Waema, a flood victim, says that her farm was destroyed by the heavy rains pounding the country, and stated that the government should intervene to help.
"All my crops have been destroyed. I will not harvest anything because of the floods," she said.
"We are hungry. The government should help us," she added.
Since mid-March, 35 people have died in flooding events that have affected more than 100,000 people, according to the U.N., which cites Red Cross figures in the most recent update.
Kenya’s meteorology department predicts that rainfall will peak this week.
AP Video shot by Josphat Kasire.
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