Worst Floods For Years Devastate East Africa

The worst floods for years have killed at least 150 people and uprooted more than a million others in eastern Africa, aid workers said on Sunday.


Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda have all been hit by driving rains and rising waters in recent weeks that have destroyed homes and cut off some of the world's poorest people.

Somalia has been hardest hit, and efforts to deliver aid have been hindered by rampant insecurity.

Some reports say more than 100 people have died there, a few eaten by crocodiles swept from rivers into villages, but aid workers said few firm statistics were available.

"Many communities, especially in the Juba region, are still totally isolated," said Christian Balslev-Olesen, representative of the UN children's charity Unicef for Somalia.

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