This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 254.

• Flood Magnitude 5.71
• from 20/04/2012 00:00 UTC to 16/05/2012 23:59 UTC
• 56 killed and 0 displaced

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Articles: 14 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Death Toll from Kenya Flash Floods Rises to 50
Sun, 06 May 2012 02:48:00 +0200   zimtelegraph (en)

Death toll from Kenya’s flash floods ravaging several parts of Kenya have so far [[killed]] at least 50 people and displaced thousands of others in the east African nation, a humanitarian agency said on Saturday. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) spokesperson Nelly Muluka said four people were swept away by flood waters near Rongai [.

People and organisations: Red Cross 

Death toll from Kenya flash floods rises to 50
Sat, 05 May 2012 22:46:00 +0200   xinhuanet_en (en)

by Chrispinus Omar NAIROBI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Death toll from Kenya's flash floods ravaging several parts of Kenya have so far [[killed]] at least 50 people and displaced thousands of others in the east African nation, a humanitarian agency said on Saturday.

People and organisations: Xinhua News Agency  Red Cross 

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Thu, 03 May 2012 15:48:00 +0200   trust (en)

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