Roundup: Kenya's response to climate change impacts under strain amid floods: experts

Kenya's capacity to respond to negative impacts of climate change has suffered a severe blow as floods continue to wreak havoc in many parts of the country this long rain season.

The East African nation has experienced unprecedented flooding that has claimed an estimated 70 lives while destroying critical infrastructure since the middle of March when the long rains season begun.

Latest update from the meteorological department indicates that the heavy rains accompanied by flash floods could extend up to June.

So far, the low lying arid and semi-arid regions have borne the brunt of flooding which has cut off major road networks hence creating a humanitarian crisis.

The major urban centers too have not been spared as storm waters disrupt flow of traffic while clogging fragile drainage systems to the detriment of people's health.

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