'World coming to an end': Garissa town copes with life underwater

This aerial view shows the damages of a main road and houses submerged in water following heavy floods in Garissa, on May 8, 2024. [AFP]

Abdi Hussein sat alone on a Kenyan road strewn with ramshackle tents bound with plastic strings and covered with tarpaulins, peering into the sea of rust-colored flood water.

The deluge had claimed his livelihood, his home and his wife, leaving the 32-year-old bereft as he pondered what was left of his life.