Floods in Kenya have killed at least 170 and displaced more than 600,000 since the onset of heavy rains in November, Paralel.Az reports citing Africa News.

Tens of thousands of residents in the country's north have lost livestock, farmland, and homes.

In northeastern Mandera county inhabitants call for help.

The rainy season which starts in October in the Horn of Africa is being amplified this year by El Niño, a meteorological phenomenon generally associated with rising temperatures, droughts in some parts of the world and heavy rains in others.