{"id":123980,"date":"2025-11-01T10:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/at-least-nine-dead-in-elgeyo-marakwet-floods-and-mudslide\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:08:52","slug":"at-least-nine-dead-in-elgeyo-marakwet-floods-and-mudslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/at-least-nine-dead-in-elgeyo-marakwet-floods-and-mudslide\/","title":{"rendered":"At least Nine Dead in Elgeyo Marakwet Floods and Mudslide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAKURU, Kenya Nov 1 \u2013 Deadly floods and a mudslide have left nine people dead in two villages in the Marakwet East Sub-County of Elgeyo Marakwet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The disaster was caused by heavy rains that pounded the area last night.<\/p>\n<p>Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Peter Mulinge said the worst-hit area was Chesongoch, where seven people perished, while another two died in the Embobut\/Embolot Ward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2025\/11\/Nakuru-Mudslide-Nov-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that among the dead was a Grade 8 pupil.<\/p>\n<p>Mulinge said rescue efforts by the Kenya Red Cross Society have been hampered by numerous challenges, including roads being cut off.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that sections of the road have also been blocked by boulders.<\/p>\n<p>The officer said plans to use helicopters to access the affected areas are underway.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAKURU, Kenya Nov 1 \u2013 Deadly floods and a mudslide have left nine people dead in two villages in the Marakwet East Sub-County of Elgeyo Marakwet. The disaster was caused by heavy rains that pounded the area last night. Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Peter Mulinge said the worst-hit area was Chesongoch, where seven people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}