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In photos: Kenya orders evacuation of all riverside homes after floods kill over 100

Kenya’s president ordered the evacuation of all homes along the nation’s rivers after floods killed at least 169 people in the past month, with dozens still missing.

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May 9 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

A relative of a victim is overcome during a funeral for those killed in a major flood and landslide.

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May 9 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Relatives mourn during the service.

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May 9 | Garissa, Kenya

Boya Ali Karani wades through floodwaters in the area where he used to live.

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May 9 | Garissa, Kenya

A boy displaced by floods gets water from a well in an inundated area.

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May 9 | Garissa, Kenya

A woman wades through an inundated residential area.

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May 8 | Nairobi

Residents watch as their homes are torn down. The Kenyan government ordered the evacuation of people from flood-prone areas, resulting in the demolition.

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Brian Inganga/AP

May 8 | Nairobi

Locals scavenge from buildings ordered demolished.

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May 8 | Nairobi

A woman hammers a balcony as she scavenges for scrap metal from buildings being demolished.

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May 8 | Nairobi

Locals scavenge from demolished buildings.

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DANIEL IRUNGU/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

May 8 | Nairobi

Residents watch as excavators and bulldozers bring down homes.

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Brian Inganga/AP

May 8 | Nairobi

People scavenge for scrap metal and other items.

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Daniel Irungu/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

May 8 | Nairobi

People scavenge metal sheets and wooden poles from shanties that have been demolished by the state security agencies.

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May 8 | Garissa, Kenya

Women who have been displaced from their homes due to heavy floods gather at a camp for displaced people.

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May 8 | Garissa, Kenya

People who have been displaced from their homes due to heavy floods gather under a tree at a camp for displaced people.

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May 8 | Garissa, Kenya

A man reacts as he tries to wade through floodwaters in front of houses and shops submerged at an inundated area.

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May 8 | Garissa, Kenya

A woman who has been displaced from her home carries cans of water at an inundated area next to a camp for displaced people.

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May 8 | Garissa, Kenya

Men who have been displaced from their homes wade through floodwaters.

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Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

May 8 | Garissa, Kenya

A truck is seen submerged in floodwaters following the destruction of a main road due to heavy flash floods.

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May 7 | Nairobi

A resident using a torch tries to search for belongings after a story apartment block collapsed.

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Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

May 7 | Nairobi

Members of Nairobi Disaster Management are seen next to the debris of a story apartment block that collapsed.

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Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Transit trucks drive along the Mai Mahiu-Naivasha highway after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes when a dam burst, following heavy rains in Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County.

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April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Local residents look at the damage after Old Kijabe Dam burst its banks and caused flash floods through several villages in Mai Mahiu, in the Rift Valley region of Naivasha.

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April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Young men inspect a destroyed car carried by waters in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods.

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April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

People try to clear a bus that was washed away after a dam burst in Kamuchiri Village.

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Patrick Ngugi/AP

April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Paramedics carry an injured woman after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village.

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April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Survivors rest upon receiving treatment at the Naivasha Sub-county Hospital for injuries they suffered, after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes when a dam burst following heavy rains in Kamuchiri Village.

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Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Benjamin Ndungu Kamau, 37, a survivor rests upon receiving treatment at the Naivasha Sub-county Hospital for injuries he suffered, after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes.

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Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

A man stands assessing the damage inside his house in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri.

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April 29 | Mai Mahiu, Kenya

A woman carries a baby as she makes her way in an area affected after Old Kijabe Dam burst its banks and caused flash floods through several villages.

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April 28 | North Eastern Kenya

A man swims from a submerged church compound, after the River Tana broke its banks following heavy rains at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties.

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Andre Kasuku/AP

April 28 | North Eastern Kenya

Children flee floodwaters that wreaked havoc at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties.

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Andre Kasuku/AP

April 27 | Nairobi

People react as they gather around the body of a man (not pictured) which was discovered as the flooded Gitathuru River receded three days after heavy rainfall broke its banks damaging the surrounding neighborhoods.

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April 25 | Nairobi

People gather at an area flooded by the Gitathuru river water.

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April 25 | Nairobi

Locals salvage items of their households at an area flooded by the Gitathuru river water.

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April 25 | Nairobi

Boys carry some of their belongings after visiting their house that were destroyed by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement.

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April 25 | Nairobi

People look for their belonging after their houses were destroyed.

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April 25 | Nairobi

People inspect damaged houses at an area flooded by the Gitathuru river water, in the Mathare slums.

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April 25 | Nairobi

A displaced person taking shelter at a local school stands with mud-soaked footwear.

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April 25 | Nairobi

Displaced children eat a meal prepared by volunteers for the displaced families.

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April 25 | Nairobi

Displaced people taking shelter at a local school wash their mud-soaked clothes.

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April 25 | Nairobi

A man carries some belongings while walking on muddy waters in an area heavily affected by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement.

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Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

April 25 | Nairobi

A man sits after assessing the damage to his house that was heavily affected by floods.

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April 25 | Nairobi

A man inspect the damage to his destroyed house that was heavily affected by floods.

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Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

April 24 | Nairobi

Locals carry an unconscious woman, center, who nearly drowned after being trapped in her flooded home.

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