Floods in Tanzania killed 155 people and left at least 236 injured, the country's Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said on Thursday (25).
More than 10,000 homes were damaged and more than 200,000 people were affected, Majaliwa told the Tanzanian parliament in the capital Dodoma.
The prime minister added that “heavy El Nino rains, accompanied by strong winds and floods and landslides in several parts of the country, have caused adverse effects.”
“This includes deaths, damage to crops, house properties, infrastructure such as roads, bridges and railways,” Majaliwa said.
The floods also affected Kenya, which shares a border with Tanzania in East Africa.
On Tuesday, at least 32 people died due to flooding in Kenya, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHR).
Kenya has recorded heavy rains since mid-March, but storms intensified last week, leading to mass flooding that affected about 103,500 people.
The Kenya Red Cross says it has carried out more than 188 rescues since it began in March. Some roads in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi were closed on Wednesday and several neighborhoods remained underwater after another day of heavy rain.
Kenya Railways has also suspended suburban train services across the country.
Source: CNN Brasil
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