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Baby killed in Kilifi, landslides feared as storms strike Coast

Residents of Barsheba Phase Five, Mombasa, bore the brunt of heavy rains that flooded their houses, Friday. [PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/ STANDARD]

Kilifi, Kenya: A three-year-old baby was killed during a storm in Kilifi County last night following heavy rains that also swept away bridges in Taita Taveta and destroyed houses in Mombasa County.

Early this week meteorologists predicted oceanic and conventional rainstorms across the Coast region over three days and warned of heavy flooding in low lying areas.

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