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Intense Flooding Has Killed Hundreds, Displaced 100,000s Across East Africa

HeadlineMay 09, 2024

Meanwhile, the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration is warning heavy rains and extreme flooding have created over 200,000 climate refugees over the past week across Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Kenya has declared a national day of mourning on Friday for the more than 200 people who have died in the country. Power Shift Africa said, “The fossil fuel industry and the politicians that fail to stand up to it have blood on their hands.”

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