India, May 1 -- The Solai dam, also in Nakuru County, had burst in 2018; 48 people were killed then

A blockage in an underpass or tunnel that channels water to the Tongi river led to the bursting of a dam in Kenya's Nakuru County on April 29, 2024, according to the country's government.

The ongoing heavy rainfall in Kenya has deposited debris, stones and soil. This caused the tunnel to become blocked and ultimately burst, according a statement by the Kenyan ministry of water.

Nakuru County Governor Susan Kihika said 45 bodies were recovered buried in the mud, with most of them being children, women and elderly men.

The tragedy raised the death toll from the March-May long rainy season in Kenya to more than 160, as El Nino-induced abov...