More than 800 families have been displaced in Madogo's Mororo, Bakuyu, and Ziwani villages in Tana River County after the Tana River burst its banks due to heavy rains.

The torrential rains continue to wreak havoc, cutting down highways and leaving communities needing humanitarian help. Residents made makeshift tents after being displaced from their homes.

PHOTO | COURTESY over 800 families displaced in Tana river

"Tumepoteza mali yetu yote,tuko kwa shida tuko kwa giza,jana tumesalia tu hapa," a resident, Rehema Vishar, said.

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Fowzia Abdallah, another resident, remarked, "Tangu jana hata hatujakula, unaona hii mchele haina mafuta ndio nimetafutia watoto watakula, jana wamekunywa maji pekee usiku wakalala."

In collaboration with the Red Cross Society, the Tana River County Government has increased efforts to deliver non-food items to 100 families in IDP camps while they source food.

PHOTO | COURTESY  residents crossing a flooded river 


"Changamoto tumepata hii leo ni athari ni kubwa,wazidi kuzingatia swala la kuhama, athari huenda ziwe kubwa," Special Programmes Director Luluita Sokorote remarked.

Floods cut off the Garissa-Bura-Tana-Hola-Malindi-Mombasa route at Bilbil, and restoration began soon after.

The surging floods also severely destroyed some roads in Hola town, in a location known as Mikinduni.The Dubai-Bahati route in Lodwar, Turkana County, was inundated, bringing local businesses to a halt.