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At Least 21 Dead in Kenya as Landslides Hit Mount Elgon, Uganda Reports Fresh Slides

Access constraints are slowing rescues across the border region.

Overview

  • Kenyan officials put the death toll at 21 in Elgeyo-Marakwet’s Chesongoch with about 30 people reported missing.
  • Twenty-five seriously injured survivors were airlifted to Eldoret for treatment, while others with minor injuries were treated locally.
  • Authorities describe washed-out roads and flooding that have destroyed more than 1,000 homes and complicated access to hard-hit villages.
  • Search operations, paused overnight for safety, are restarting with military and police helicopters and relief supplies staged for delivery.
  • In Uganda’s Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo districts, local reports say at least 15 are feared dead, the Suam Bridge is impassable, and villagers are digging for survivors as formal teams mobilize.