170 people marooned by floods in Kilifi

A volunteer attempts to unblock a manhole with his bare hands on one of the flooded roads along Rashid Ahmed Road in Mombasa yesterday. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

KILIFI: Some 170 people are marooned in Milore Primary School in Sokoke, Kilifi County, as heavy rains continue to wreak havoc.

The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said the area was inaccessible by road. Sokoke MCA Teddy Mwambire said a local chief, Samson Chai, was among the internally displaced people taking refugee at the school. The lawmaker warned that there was a threat of flooding in areas like Kafuloni and other parts facing the Indian Ocean.