Nairobi, May 3 -- The government has opened 115 camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 19 counties to house people affected by the ongoing floods.

So far, the camps are hosting 27,586 people.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, in a statement Friday said severe weather has so far killed 210 people.

"The government is currently making specific interventions to meet the supply of food which include rice and beans totalling 336,000 kilogrammes," a statement by the Ministry of Interior read in part.

"There is a need for more food, medical kits, and non-food items in affected Counties and where search and rescue operations are still ongoing including, Garissa, Kiambu, Migori, Narok, Kajiado, West Pokot, Nyeri, Siaya, Nyan...