"Aerial footage from Elgeyo-Marakwet County shows massive mudslides and flash flooding stretching over vast distances. Heavy rains have triggered landslides in Kenya's western Rift Valley region, killing at least 21 people and destroying more than 1,000 homes, according to officials. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for the Interior Kipchumba Murkomen, in a statement on X on Saturday, said at least 25 people with serious injuries have been airlifted from Elgeyo-Marakwet County to the city of Eldoret for medical attention, while at least 30 remain missing."
"He said that rescue efforts would resume on Sunday, with help from the military and the police. Preparation to supply more food and non-food relief items to the victims is underway. Military and police choppers are on standby to transport the items, he added. The landslide occurred overnight in Elgeyo-Marakwet County's hilly area of Chesongoch in western Kenya, which has been battered by heavy rains amid the country's ongoing short rainy season."
Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods in the hilly Chesongoch area of Elgeyo-Marakwet County in Kenya's western Rift Valley, killing at least 21 people and destroying more than 1,000 homes. At least 25 people with serious injuries were airlifted to Eldoret for medical attention, and about 30 people remain missing. Rescue operations are resuming with military and police support, and preparations are underway to deliver food and non-food relief items by helicopter where roads are blocked. Aerial imagery shows widespread mudflows and flood damage, access to some affected areas remains extremely difficult, and the region is prone to landslides during the short rainy season.
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