Kenya dam collapse: At least 169 killed following devastating floods
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2024
- The Kenyan government says the death toll from a month of flooding has reached at least 169 people.
Thousands of people are displaced and many others missing.
In the east, a ravine collapsed into the Tana River, causing it to burst its banks.
Rescuers are searching for several people after a boat capsized, trying to cross a dam near the town of Garissa.
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports from Masinga Dam and Catherine Soi reports from Mai Mahiu in Kenya.
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the world should be helping these ppl instead of worrying about living in mars and starting wars
It's not the world it's billionaires and "the world" will not be joining them in mars or surviving the wars unless as slaves lmb
From the USA 🇺🇸 My prayers 🙏🏾 goes out to those who lost love ones. Stay safe.
people dying and someone says he's planning for a cabinet meeting...my country kenya...
It's not just a cabinet meeting... His wife is also planning for state funded prayers.
Because the governors you elected can't help you
@@TheMulialia but officially the state has no money
Only God can save Kenyans lets cry to God where is pastors in kenya
It's not the president's work to build dykes,it's a devolved function all the cabinet has to do is come up with an emergency fund to help the counties.
From the videos shown you can think the entire country is under water... 🤦🏾♂️
169 people died.
Most of the country is struggling actually; schools are closed, travel limited, famine looking, people missing or dead, entire villages gone, infrastructure destroyed and water borne diseases threatening across the whole of Kenya including cities and drier areas.
😢😢😢very bad pictures arabs portray from Africa
Everyone could have predicted flooding during the current rainy season but no one in government planned for it.
I keep watching you from Europe, the whole situation is totally unacceptable.
Which is the reason, Kenyan government does not ask assistant from international community, [or] even the Red Cross in Kenya.
Is great while we watching the army 4ces (2) take action and help young and older people in local communities. What comes next?? My prayers (2) all Kenyans (4) what you deal these tough moments!!
Exactly
It’s not the government it’s climate change
They keep money but they stole it the badget was there but they stole it
They're only vicevasa, they never said about heavy rain
The Dam did not collapse, base on the image in this vlog, the DAM is releasing over flow water as it is designed .
Condolences to Kenyans who are affected.
Another dam bursted on Sunday night 3Am sweeping a whole village in Nakuru
That wasn't a dam. It was a small stream swelling up massively due to flash floods.
Thanks it's devastating
God help our brothers and sisters in Kenya. Prayers going out from USA.
The one who designed it should have thought twice
Poor leadership so sad
Poor leadership???? How about saying the same to the Chinese president for the nasty floods in China as well? Or that of Taiwan for the nasty earthquakes that wrecked havoc there, or the Us president for continuous tornadoes battering America levelling neighbourhoods? What about Dubai...are going to come up with an accusation toward them as well for their terrible floods? Just do your research before speaking ignorantly.
Victims of poor governance, don't blame climate change,Mr ruto. My heartfelt condolences to families that lost their loved ones.
No government in the world can deal with that.
@@fynnschumann7661 Not at the current calamity, prior there were weather forecast but the government took no heed! The dam you're seeing ddnt burst but is overflowing , there were projected dam constructions but never happened. Pure poor governance and planning
@@robleabdi7844so what did you want the government to do to prevent the rain?
@@AmazingMania hhhh read well,I haven't mentioned anything to do with prevention of rain.
You're not making a reasonable deduction. What was Ruto to do? If you are Kenyan, you'll be aware that this has been happening for years. Bad governance, period, since day 1!
My condolences to the families of those who lost their love ones,be comforted,let Ecclesiastes 3,and psalm 86 and psalm 91 bless you all,you are in my prayers
Corruption and incompetence.
It's a natural disaster
Just shut up
Nonsense
MURKOMAN IS A DISASTER.
❤❤❤🇰🇪🇰🇪 Praying for my Country Kenya. From Dubai
Wooiyie Bururi witu ukirite ihoruu, Mwathani tuiguiree thaa 😢😢
Kigege gīkī
Oru ni kimundu giki ,,Bure kabsaa
Amen.
@@rosamariewanjiru8659 kigege ni nyukwa
@@rosamariewanjiru8659 Uko na ndogo kama ya panya, No ureta Kigege? Wanjiru Wanjiru ndiri na mutwe mwega muchenji uyu.
Lord have mercy to our neighbor 🇺🇬🇰🇪🤲🙏
Yes. Sudan: war, Congo :war. Rwanda : Refugees from the Uk.And now Kenya:this.
That river has crocodiles is im not wrong
Dubai had heavy rains and floods but we never heard of death toll. God have mercy on Africa.
Shshshsh!!!
Dubai is flat you can't compare with Africa where we have big valleys that make water to fall with a high speed
You know Kenya is acorrupt country the money to make this things end up in government officials pocket,we blame the current regime
@@moseskamosh5197 shame you answered him.. why didnt he use 🇺🇸America? they have the same death toll of flood as Kenya yearly.
NEVER ALLOW THEM TO PAINT YOU ... go to the internet pull up their country record and spoon feed back their bigotry.
enough is enough
Come to think of it, I don’t know of any rivers in dubai
169 people OMG!
This is ruthless from mother nature😢
My prayer are with our kenyans/ Somalis citizen at such hard time 😢😢😢 east african diaspora should sett up account for charities
Where are Oxfam? Save the Children? Amref? Presidents Helicopters?
@@irenedavo3768 Where is your gava? You don/t pay taxes to oxfa....
Do you have what you are talking about in somalia
This is for East Africans only,I don't think we want a superiority upperhand charity so keep yourself away from east Africa thank you, yep Somalian and Kenyan share both land and people especially in those erea
@@graceamadi1096 isn't this because of that hurricane? If so, all countries along the African Indian Ocean coastline are to some extent affected including Tanzania and up to, if not past, Somalia.
Lord have mercy on us and the whole world prayers
which lord??
Lord Delamere
Amen🙏
This is beyond tragic and alot because if corruption and incompetence
They make more babies than they can take care of, even without climate change and flooding.
@@facitenonvictimarum174😂😂😂😂😂
The inability & corruption, is not exclusively privilege (4) the any state in Africa, I say that one with all the respect (4) Africa!!
Has (2) do more, with the knowledge + experience the government staff and all involved services & agencies has on similar topics.
From all the feedback I watch, in Kenya, [actually the whole country]. Faced (4) quite long time dry season, which is translated, no much rain/s (4) the past few month/s.
So, all the quantity of rain, just fall by accident the last few days, that is why you deal now with that biblical disaster.
If some1 from Kenya [or] abroad, wants (2) discuss this one, on camera. I would be happy (2) hear the real image of disaster. By your point of view. I know the last part of my comment is (2) much, and probably many viewers feels somehow insult from what I write now.
Feel free (2) contact me if you wish.
@@andreasbalaskas7292 This is a comedy comment of some sort, right? Some new type of humor maybe.
@@facitenonvictimarum174 our population is less conpared to india and china that has billions also it happened in dubai my friend be wise😂
AM A KENYAN AND NO ONE IS TO BLAME THIS IS MOTHER NATURE EVEN USA A SUPER POWER EXPERIENCE CALAMITY LIKE THIS MANY TIMES AND KENYA THIS IS A ONCE TRAGEDY AND NO ONE IS TO BLAME
Ebu tell them, matide haha makiunga anga poor leadership, matioke matongorie nkt(my kikuyu is not the best lol)😅
Proper English is "I'm" not "AM" Kalejinga😅😂
NO DAM HAS COLLAPSED JUST BECAUSE THE DAM IS FULL IT DOES NOT MEAN IT HAS COLLAPSED!!!!!!!
Do a quick search on Mai Mahiu dam
Hauna akili wewe
those are my thoughts too
I think there is a miscommunication on this reporting
Yaa no dam collapse it,s overflow
🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿 we have useless head of state,our neighbors are suffering and their president is just watching😢 so sad
Tanzania 🇹🇿 is herself grappling with floods which has started earlier than Kenya’s ! Watch your local news before you comment nonsense on social networks!
I wish you would follow without malice to know what the president has been doing even without rest. God feel mercy.
Every nation has her weather disaster now,so as a head of state you will considered very stupid if you abandon your calamities within and then jump to other country issue,,,is like being busy cool down fire on neighbor house and leave your own house destroyed by fire,so stupid
Ndugu, tulia
What do want him to do.. should he stop the rains or what??
Corruption is everything here kenya kindly pray for us
How is corruption related to floods.. just shut up if u have nothing to say
So you mean corruption was used to bring more rains or what is this obsession with corruption whenever a calamity occurs in an African country? Do you know the US is the most corrupt country followed by Europeans? Which African country kills people in Gaza or Syria or Ukraine.....may be you don't understand what corruption really is coz this narrative of associating Africa with corruption doesn't work anymore its a tired thought you can do better
@@Flekahckash2004 he's just another whiner seeking attention. What about the floods in China? What about those nasty tornadoes in America? He's just clueless.
They seem UNEDUCATEF LEADERS we see on cituzen MURKOMAN.
@@Flekahckash2004you’re joking, right?
The problem is the government’s response to the floods. Only private companies, corporations and churches are helping. Where are the disaster management funds?
The Kisumu County Government literally put up a paybill for citizens to help them. So you pay tax, and still have to changa? Really?
Anyway, your aggressive behavior towards the truth is telling
Am Kenyan from Mombasa, hope my county is safe
Guys pray for Kenya
It's serious
And rumors are that the money set A-side for disaster was used elsewhere
That's where we live
Absolutely
Reading 1
Acts 14:19-28
In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium
arrived and won over the crowds.
They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city,
supposing that he was dead.
But when the disciples gathered around him,
he got up and entered the city.
On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
After they had proclaimed the good news to that city
and made a considerable number of disciples,
they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.
They strengthened the spirits of the disciples
and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying,
"It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships
to enter the Kingdom of God."
They appointed presbyters for them in each Church and,
with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord
in whom they had put their faith.
Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia.
After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia.
From there they sailed to Antioch,
where they had been commended to the grace of God
for the work they had now accomplished.
And when they arrived, they called the Church together
and reported what God had done with them
and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Then they spent no little time with the disciples.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21
R.(see 12) Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom
and speak of your might.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Making known to men your might
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages,
and your dominion endures through all generations.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
or:
R. Alleluia.
May my mouth speak the praise of the LORD,
and may all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Alleluia
See Lk 24:46, 26
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead,
and so enter into his glory.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Jn 14:27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me tell you,
'I am going away and I will come back to you.'
If you loved me,
you would rejoice that I am going to the Father;
for the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you this before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe.
I will no longer speak much with you,
for the ruler of the world is coming.
He has no power over me,
but the world must know that I love the Father
and that I do just as the Father has commanded me."
How is President helping?
Poor people have no money!
Where are the Charities?
God bless the residents of Kenya 🙏🏽
And I'm yet to see any tags or links that say "I stand with Kenya"
Places that have never flooded have flooded. This is an unprecedented situation in kenya
1964
@@mwituamweene9850 i wasn't there
@@zacharyayaga6661 Exactly...I was
@@mwituamweene9850 then you've seen a lot in this world
Very tragic , we pray for the safety of victims. 🙏
Kenya 🇰🇪 did not have normal rains for past 10 yrs
Its aa global issue
It’s strange here in the US too. We had fires for 2 years due to no rain. Every day the summer of 2022 and 2023 the skies filled with smoke, hard to breathe. Hope things will dry out in Kenya, I have close friends there.
Too bad people will only take global warming seriously the day they will see a whole country fully flooded 😅….
N will blame the previous generations 😅
@@MarkJusty777global warming is coming back to haunt humans.
True
May Allah help them.
Pray for Kenya.
Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Love you too from kenya 🇰🇪
May God Protect
All People Who have
Been effected,
My Deepest Condolence
To those Who lost
The Member
Of the Family.
May God Give
Quick Recovery
To Those who are
Injured in that Flood.
They dont need talk they need help,with the bacteria from sewage the after math's will be worst
My prayers 🙏 for all the family that loss love ones....and that God will send all the help people need
Pray for kenya
Prayers from the Uk! 🙏
Now the problem is 🐊 crocodiles this river have so much crocodiles 🇰🇪🐘🐊very sorry for people's all over Kenya 🇰🇪
Peace! Wow …we must pray for them as they search & rescue 🛟 them..
Where is Kenyan Wildlife Department? They are getting paid for a job
I'm feeling sad for our Kenyan brothers and sisters. The same happens during floods in Pakistan.
Cows and buffaloes are floating in water alongside humans. Terrible
So I totally understand your situation.
Men
@@sapphireemerald6882 It's really painful for us , we leave everything in the hands of God
Avoidable tragedies are always the most tragic, indeed. It's not climate change, it's stupidity, plain and simple. This dam has failed multiple times and plans to raise it have been cancelled twice in the past twenty years. The original plans called for five dams, because of the extreme flood threat, but no other dam was ever built. These folks couldn't build a doghouse. -- meow.
Is President helping?
Do you know about Jigger Victims?
Which dam?
Unfortunately true....Shall we learn now? NO!
@@mwituamweene9850 kenyans never learn.
god love people, beautiful country and very friendly people in my thoughts
So sad be strong my people
This tana river flooding cuts off the only bridge that connects northeastern province from the rest of Kenya.
So u mean garissa is not Kenya??
@@AbdifatahShire-tv9on "rest" must be a new word to you I guess. I see someone is struggling with English here.
Anyways, stop putting words into peoples' mouths and act like you did something.
condolences to all who have lost love ones
Wow, Dubai, kenya, US, whats happening floods everywhere
GeoEngineering ✈️✈️
Peace! There’s no geo engineering on Neptune or Jupiter…it’s called Pole Shift that’s what’s happening..
Cloud seeding
@@faitheeeynyambubula5062 No sir
@@faitheeeynyambubula5062 cloud seeding can be controlled. This is nature
What about the crocodiles which are sweept with floods which now they are free loitering...
Lord come to Kenya, we need you. In The Name Of Jesus Amen 💕✌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
Hearing what is being reported here is like the Dam is overflowing instead of collapsed 😢😢😢😢😢
The king's wrath is a message of death,
but a wise man soothes him.
How does this relate to the people dying as a result of flooding? Only rational conclusion is that you off your marble. Wish you the best!
Trust in Him at all times, O people!
Which message?
@@onomeonota23 If the comment is not relevant to you why does it bug you? Sir don't run your mouth.
@@mikevoss-tb4wj you must be as ignorant as the initial commenter. I have freedom of expression to call out a dumb comment. As you have the freedom to critique mine. If I choose to ignore, it’s my prerogative, not because of a Naija boy pretending to be someone else says so.
Sad news , may the souls rest in peace , condolences to the families of the dead. 🙏
Dams are a hazard. During heavy rains they contribute to the floods. May the bereaved be consoled and compensated.
Those dams are f**king up many regions that don't even benefit from them
Prayers and love
Very sorry
May the missing one sole find a resting place I will be praying for you hall❤
I'm sure the Shops were also Washed away.
Mercy Lord !
Water is power .
So sad 😞
Our prayers 🙏 are with you
The rains are expected to continue through May/June. Hopefully they move all the affected peoples to much higher ground and setup tents, medicine, food, cooking , toilet facilities etc., above the flood zones.
Let us pray and also do what we can to help.
People are hungry, food prices are high.
Famine is quite possible farm lands and vegetation damage.
I am in constant contact with some Kenyans and it’s really bad, will take them years to recover.
Let’s pray & support.
Dearest Dr. Chopra,.
Based on my personal experience, I absolutely agree with what you are saying today.
Where are some head of states are coming from😢
I’m going to break something the next time I hear a politician say climate change 😂
They looking to cash in on the climate change fund 😮
Break the TV screen right ?
@@jackmahero96 Already broken due to Sunak yapping on climate change. Yet they do nothing about consumerism. Can’t fix a slightly scratched TV and they open their gob to talk about climate change.
Typical kenyan elites just buzzwords zero policy
😂😂😂😂
All these deaths could have been avoided if people were cautious, unfortunately Kenyans like daring everything even the devil himself
I'd rather you tell how this people are supposed to be cautious because the rains are still around.its easier said when you are not affected and you are also well off financially.
I don't agree with you. You can't really control nature. Maybe caution could only reduce the severity of the situation, not entirely avoid it.
@@Rick_the_mogulthe by boats tragedy was really avoidable and all those lorrries we have seen trying to cross swollen rivers could have also been avoided but not the Maai Mahiu incident ofcos, that was unforeseeable.
So sad
Ezekiel chapter 38
Stop twisting scripture
Very sad ! Kenya has beautiful garden and horticulture centres for Europeean exports .Hope this disaster is resolved soon.
I pray for safety and health of all in Kenya.
Even though flooded, it is still our Kenya
God Bless the Kenyans
Ooh God have mercy
The dam shown isnt the one that collapsed. The one that collapsed is in Mai mahiu
Condolences to my neighbors.
Soo sad
This is very difficult to watch. Prayers and thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones.
We in jamaica are going through some issues as flooding is concern but nothing to compare to kenya my sympathy goes out to them and this shows many people how fortunate we all are when we complain about minor things
Yaye ruto what meeting and people are dying ???
😢
This flooding has been going on for 2 weeks.....what does Ruto do all day?
Relax. Rachel is planning for prayers also.
@@mwituamweene9850 it started long ago but we have corrupt and incompetent leader,, expect the worst
Sorry Kenya this is bad 🙏🙏praying for you ❤️
Garrisa 💔💔💔 why not build another dam closer downstream??
Sad we all prepare for anything happening.
Rest in peace
As always... The Kenyan Government of the time is Reactive as opposed to being Pro-active.
Wish we could have some of that water down in Southern Africa even a bit of floods
Warning!!! Do not come to Haiti
Has the meteorological not warned before surely heads must roll
Im deepely saddened by this im in southern Africa
Not just people who have lost their lives or injured (and it a very tragic and dia situation), but livestock and pets have also been lost, as well as wildlife affected. So human orientated but we must always look at the bigger picture because it is that which supports us. Dams always cause catastrophes, and provide for the wealthy and the poor go without.
I lost my family here😢😢😢😢😢pray for me 🙏😢 i feel like relocating from here😢😢
Thousands???? As usual foreign misreporting
They are more then this number you mentioned!!!, bridge's are broken, houses are sinking, out side Nairobi out skirts, come in my village and see how things are. Pregnant women can't be taken to the hospital, even to burial people are walking long distance.
Wakenya najua hamuwezi kosa huku😎
😢
My condolence to our brothers and sisters affected by this tragedy we are the bamboo we will rise again.
That's a wrong interpretation of what the first lady started to say! What would you do that?
Atmospheric rivers and climate change...it's more unpredictable than ever. Heart goes out to the people of Kenya. I hope they vote for leaders who will help rebuild and make sustainably a priority. Sad all the humans and wildlife also lost in these tragedies.
Kenyans don't have president call Ruto
What do you mean?
@@elsiendichu8559 Which language do you understand?
@@elsiendichu8559 I mean a clueless president that installed on power by western government
@@elsiendichu8559he means you're a kīgege
He don't care
Why didn't their warn them ahead of time???????
the government totally forgot about us😢
Mother nature has reciprocated bitterly.
This climate change issue needs to relooked accordingly
Waaah that's my country waah
The people of the area hv taken advantage of this disaster and hike everything....travelers are in trouble in garissa
We need to meditate and radiate love to balance our planet 🌏