Floods caused by heavy rains in southern Ethiopia’s Gamo Zone have killed 30 people, the local government said. TASR writes about it according to an AFP report.
- Floods from heavy rains in Ethiopia’s Gamo zone have killed thirty people.
- The local administration of Gamo zone has publicly expressed its grief over these victims.
- Gamo Zone is an administrative unit in southern Ethiopia with its own language.
- Heavy floods have affected large areas of East Africa in recent days.
- Dozens more people died in neighboring Kenya after torrential rains.
“Due to the heavy rains especially in the Degama area, the administration of the zone has expressed grief over the death of 30 people,” wrote the communications department of the Gamo region in a statement on the Facebook social network on Tuesday evening. The Gamo Zone is an administrative unit in the southern part of Ethiopia, named after the ethnic group of the same name that lives in the area, and has its own language.
There has been severe flooding across East Africa in recent days. Dozens of people were killed in neighboring Kenya after torrential rains hit the capital Nairobi and other areas on Friday. Scientists have long warned that human-caused climate change is increasing the likelihood, length and severity of extreme weather events such as torrential rains.
