Heavier rains in East Africa due to human activity, study says

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Houses marooned by floods within Garsen area in Tana River County, Kenya on December 3, 2023. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people up to twice as intense, a scientific study said Thursday.

Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are grappling with heavy rainfall that has caused flooding in the latest devastating climate disaster to strike the region after a record drought.