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Leader20 January 2019 - 10:30

Lake Baringo overflows, kills 4 people in Marigat

Lake Baringo burst its banks on Saturday due to heavy rains, killing four people and displaced 450 residents.Transport has been paralysed in Baringo South subcounty due to massive roads destruction.Resident James Olekasaih said he cannot go to his house at Salabani due to floods.The Kenya Red cross confirmed the deaths yesterday.

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women cross over a flooded river on their way to their homes in Salabani village in Marigat, Baringo South Sub-County on Sunday. heavy rains in the area have so far killed four people, swept away bridges and moved trees to block the roads. PHOTO/JOSEPH KANGOGO

Lake Baringo burst its banks on Saturday due to heavy rains, killing four people and displaced 450 residents.

Transport has been paralysed in Baringo South subcounty due to massive roads destruction.

Resident James Olekasaih said he cannot go to his house at Salabani due to floods.

The Kenya Red cross confirmed the deaths yesterday.

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