3 dead, thousands displaced as floods wreak havoc in Mandera

A section of Dariqa residents attempting to cross a flooded village section. [Ibrahim Adan Ali, Standard]

Three people have died and thousands of others have been displaced by floods following heavy rains in Mandera County.

While presiding over the distribution of non-food items in Mandera town, County Commissioner Amos Mariba said the three died after they fell into a flooded ditch in Mandera South.