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Death toll climbs as torrential rains contine to batter Kenya

Weeks of heavy rain and floods that have killed nearly 200 people continue to ravage parts of Kenya – causing landslides, destroying roads and forcing people from their homes. Kenya and its East African neighbours have been battered by monsoon downpours in recent weeks, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern.Tanzania, Burundi and Uganda were hit hard – with the World Meteorological Organisation warning the current El Nino episode is one of the five strongest ever recorded.El Nino is a natural