{"id":33544,"date":"2026-05-02T12:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33544"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:37:10","slug":"kenya-flood-death-toll-hits-10-as-dam-overflow-risk-raises-alarm","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenya-flood-death-toll-hits-10-as-dam-overflow-risk-raises-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya flood death toll hits 10 as dam overflow risk raises alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 10 people have died across Kenya after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in several regions, police said, as authorities warned rising \u200criver levels could threaten communities downstream from a major hydropower dam system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seven of the deaths were reported in eastern Kenya. Police said two bridges were damaged in Kwale county on the coast and in Kitui in the east, \u2060while landslides were reported in parts of Elgeyo Marakwet county in the Rift Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rains fall within Kenya\u2019s normal March to May wet season, but authorities say intense downpours and saturated ground have increased the risk of flooding and landslides.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Transport was disrupted after a landslide blocked the Iten\u2013Kabarnet road near Kolol, the Kenya National Highways Authority said, adding that repairs \u200cwere \u2060under way and traffic had been diverted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya Red Cross said there were unconfirmed reports of missing persons and marooned households in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, a densely populated area of Nairobi, and that \u2060it was providing relief assistance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Interior Ministry placed the lower Tana River basin on high alert, warning that heavy rainfall upstream had \u2060increased inflows into reservoirs within the Seven Forks dam system and raised flood risks downstream. The Tana River Delta, \u2060which is home to more than 100 000 people, could be among the areas affected, the Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31037,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-33544","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"At least 10 people have died across Kenya after heavy rains triggered flooding","published_date":"2026-05-02 12:08:19","news_description":"At least 10 people have died across Kenya after heavy rains triggered flooding","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33545,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33544\/revisions\/33545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}