A five-year-old boy who had been marooned by floods was on Tuesday rescued by a police helicopter in Yatta, about 120km (75 miles) from Kenya\u2019s capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n
The boy \u201chad been left behind by his father when the water level started rising,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n
The International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs, a non-profit, captured the boy\u2019s location using drones. The organisation then alerted the police, who sent a rescue helicopter from Nairobi.<\/p>\n
An initial attempt to rescue the child by boat had failed due to unfavourable weather conditions, the Kenya Red Cross said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe child, visibly shaken by the ordeal after being stranded for quite a long period, was safely rescued and taken to a nearby hospital for care,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
Heavy rains have been pounding Kenya and wider East Africa in recent days, triggering severe flooding and widespread devastation.<\/p>\n
In Kenya, flooding has occured in 23 of the country\u2019s 47 counties, trapping dozens.<\/p>\n
More than 188 people have been saved since the onset of the floods, the Kenya Red Cross said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It added that the flooding has displaced just over 11,200 households, submerged 27,716 acres of land and killed over 4,800 farm animals.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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