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Kenya flooding: 45 dead and dozens missing after floods destroy houses
Flash floods and a landslide have swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said.The Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash floods, had collapsed, carrying with it mud, rocks and uprooted trees, police official Stephen Kirui told the Associated Press.But in a statement late Monday, the Nakuru County said that the water mass that caused the flash floods was a clogged railway tunnel.Vehicles were entangled in the debris on one of Kenya‘s busiest...
'Have to be outside': Thai delivery riders swelter in heatwave
In Bangkok's central Siam Square, Suriyan Wongwan sweats while he waits to collect the food that he will deliver by motorbike as Thailand bakes through a heatwave. Among those hit hardest are workers whose jobs require them to be outdoors all day, such as the motorbike drivers who deliver food and offer taxi rides through Bangkok's traffic-choked streets.
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