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KDF’s helicopters airlift at least 300 victims of floods to safety

KDF and Kenya Red Cross officials in consultations with flood victims at Magarini's Garachi secondary school grounds in Kilifi County on Thursday, 26th April, 2018. Over 3,000 families marooned by floods at Garachi villages were rescued by KDF. [Nehemiah Okwembah,Standard]

A catastrophe is unfolding in four Coastal counties as floods displace thousands of residents.

It is a tragic case of entire villages marooned or wiped out altogether as water takes charge of long-cherished human settlements and economic activities.

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