Abdi Hussein sat alone on a Kenyan road strewn with ramshackle tents bound with plastic strings and covered with tarpaulins, peering into the sea of rust-coloured flood water.
Kenya is grappling with floods that have killed 257 people across the East African nation, following weeks of torrential rainfall scientists have linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon. The main road into Garissa, a key commercial hub near the border with Somalia, has been cut off, forcing all deliveries to be made by air or boat and causing prices to soar.
Boatman Mohamed Mansur Ali, 36, who was involved in the rescue operation, said the work was “very difficult.” Daud Ahmed Shalle, the regional coordinator for the Kenya Red Cross, said the situation was “dire” in the 11 camps housing nearly 6,500 families in Garissa county.
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