The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, Kenya's interior ministry said on Sunday. The torrential rains that have caused widespread flooding and landslides across the country in recent weeks are forecast to worsen in May, the ministry said in a statement, adding that further flooding was "expected in low lying areas, riparian areas and urban areas while landslides/mudslides may occur in areas with steep slopes, escarpments and ravines." The floods have destroyed homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure across the country. Source: Qatar News Agency
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