Kenya flood toll rises to 179 as homes and roads are destroyed

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Halifax Regional Police release Dartmouth suspect’s name and photo | SaltWire #news #novascotiaNAIROBI - Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 179 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government said on Wednesday, as dozens more were killed in neighbouring Tanzania and Burundi.

In Kitengela, 33 km from Nairobi, Kenya Red Cross workers were helping to rescue residents whose homes were marooned by flood waters. Nairobi's highways authority said it had closed a section of a highway leading to the city and at least three other roads across the country due to flooding and debris.

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