ONE OF  THE WORST  ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS   

Floods are among the most devastating  natural disaster in the world, claiming more lives and causing more property damage than any other natural phenomena. Flooding  is the most common of all environmental hazards and affects  around 75 million people  worldwidesee also;consequences of floods  

                                              photo from google.
Across the globe, floods have posed tremendous danger to people's lives and properties. Floods cause about one third of all deaths, one third of all injuries  and one third of all damages from natural disasters. 
The rainy season  is undoubtedly not the best time of the year in Kenya. The period comes with perennial problems of flooding  with the resultant loss of lives and properties.
The disaster has been perilous to people, communities  and institutions. Recently an illegally  and irregularly constructed  man-made dam within the vast Patel coffee estate located in Solai,Nakuru broke it's banks gushing out 190million liters of water through  settlements  leaving  in it's wake gruesome deaths  horrible  injuries  (physical, mental  and emotional )massive  destruction  of property and unprecedented displacement of people. While solai residents were still bemoaning their fate the fury of flooding was spreading swiftly  across other parts of the country .

                                              photo from from google;Solai dam tragedy
Heavy rains being experienced in many parts of the country since beginning of this month ,causing floods, flash floods and casualties. On 18th October 2019 Lamu residents  were hit by floods as River  Lagwarera burst its banks.More than 1000 residents  including school going children in the villages in Boni forests were affected by the floods.The seasonal river originates from Ethiopian highlands. Many students missed school for several days as they were forced to wait until the floods abate.
Floods have not only left several people homeless, disrupted business activities, the floods ravaging communities  in western Kenya,Isiolo,Garissa,Turkana,Tana River,Wajir etc are also threatening to expose residents to water borne diseases such as Cholera,Bilharzia and Typhoid.The congestion of camps by the homeless people  also poses  a big  health challenge   in terms of communicable diseases. Floods also enhances environmental degradation  and also the normal production  and distribution of goods.There's also interfere with the culture as seen in congestion of households with children of 15years huddled  with their parents in the camping structures,this contributes to social and health problems.
Some of the measures that are being taken to control floods are constructing furrows  to drain water, construction of dykes along the river banks, dredging  of river channels  and building  dams across rivers.