She said the community were pulling together to get people out of their homes and try and put flood defences in place.

Residents of Mathare slum stand next to the body of an elderly woman who died after her house flooded following heavy rain on Wednesday.

These photos show the affected areas as people evacuated flooded streets and sought shelter ... Over a million homes and businesses were left without power in Florida. Around 1.2 million homes ...

The houses of 4,200 people have been flooded across the capital. The increased precipitation in the region is linked to La Niña, a phenomenon where cooler-than-normal surface temperatures in the ...