Girls aged one and 10 swept by floods on Friday still missing

Some of the Flooded villages in Tanadelta sub county of Tanariver County after River Tana broke its banks on April 27./ALPHONCE GARI
Some of the Flooded villages in Tanadelta sub county of Tanariver County after River Tana broke its banks on April 27./ALPHONCE GARI

Kenya Red Cross Society officials in Tana

River have intensified the search for two children, who

went missing after their boat capsized in the crocodile

infested River Tana on Friday.

The two girls, aged one and 10, were with five other

passengers when their boat capsized as they were being

rescued at Idsowe village three days ago.

Two people

were rescued immediately, while the third was found

stuck in reeds along the flooded river late at night on the

same day.

Tana River County Red Cross coordinator Gerald

Bombe said the missing girls are yet to be rescued.

Both

had spent a night on roof tops after floods buffeted their

home in Galili.

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