Family of FOUR buried alive after their house was swept by mudslide
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A family of four was buried alive on Monday night after their home was swept away by a mudslide in Torokiat Village in Narok County
A family of four was buried alive on Monday night after their home was swept away by a mudslide in Torokiat Village in Narok County.
According to reports, the mudslide is said to have occurred following heavy rainfall experienced overnight in the region.
Unfortunately, at the time, the whole family was at home.
The family of four, a father aged 35 years, his wife aged 24 years and two children aged 5 and 3 respectively lost their lives in the tragedy.
‘It was reported by members of the public that due to heavy rain throughout the night, mudslides occurred at the unknown time of the night and caused death to 4 residents members of the same family at Torokiat Market,” a police report capturing the incident in detail read.
As per the reports, efforts to recover the bodies from the rubble were still ongoing.
Images captured from the scene depicted the house built on a slope having slipped down the valley.
The house also appeared to be a shell of its former self with different materials used to construct it having scattered as a result of the damage.
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In a separate incident caused by the heavy rains, a bus ferrying 51 passengers was swept away by floods along the Nairobi-Garissa Highway still on Monday night.
According to the Kenyan Red Cross, all the passengers were rescued.
Following the heavy rains experienced in the country, Kenyans have been warned to evacuate from areas prone to disasters.
On Tuesday, April 9, the government through the National Disaster Operation issued a notice for residents living in low areas of Tana River, Garissa, and Lamu counties to evacuate over possible flooding.
The government issued the alert explaining that the Seven Folks Dam was likely to flood following heavy downpour in the Aberdares and Nyambene Hills.
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