KENYA: Thousands affected as floods submerge farms

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have been affected after flash floods submerged hundreds of hectares of farmland in the north-eastern region of Mandera about a month after floods displaced hundreds of families in the region. "The farmland supports some 1,200 families, whose livelihoods and food security now hang in the balance," said the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). About 600 hectares of farmland are under water in the divisions of Rhamu and Rhamu Dimtu,...