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Kenya: Freak Storm Batters Nyanza
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The East African Standard (Nairobi)
8 May 2008
Posted to the web 7 May 2008
Kepher Otieno
Nairobi
A freak storm battered parts of Nyanza Province, leaving a massive trail of destruction.
An electricity pole damaged by strong winds dangles dangerously as a villager walks by in Chulaimbo in Kisumu Rural, on Wednesday. Picture: Titus Munala
The storm damaged buildings, schools and disrupted electricity supply in Kisumu and outlying areas. It also uprooted trees and blew away roofs. In Kisumu, it turned the roads turned into puddles of water on Tuesday night.
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In Migori, Rachuonyo, Nyando, Suba, Rongo, Homa Bay, Bondo, Rarieda, and Siaya districts were also affected by the downpour.
Many towns went without electricity and telephone after strong winds damaged supply lines.
Police, however, said that no deaths or serious injuries had been reported.
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