Night of horror and destruction leaves 37 dead, more hurt

A petrol tanker hangs dangerously on Sabit bridge that was destroyed by floods along Kapenguria-Lowar highway, South Pokot County, yesterday. Landslides left trail of death and destruction in three villages in West Pokot County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The first sound they heard on Friday night some minutes to midnight rose slightly above the constant drumming of raindrops on their iron sheet roofs.

It was a faint, distant rumble. Unknown to them, danger was closer than they could ever imagine and soon, it felt like the ground on which their houses stood on, on which their children had placed their heads to sleep that night was moving.