About 45 dead, 110 injured as floodwaters sweep central Kenya

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A section of the flooded Narok/Maai Mahiu road at Suswa area in Kenya on March 25,2023. PHOTO | NMG

Flash floods and a landslide in Central Kenya killed at least 45 people and injured over 110 others on Monday as floodwaters swept away houses and cars in the town of Maai Mahiu, the government said.

Police initially blamed the flooding on a burst dam; however the Ministry of Water later said it was caused by a river tunnel under a railway embankment becoming blocked with debris.